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EXCLUSIVE: Professor Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones talk The Theory of Everything

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The Theory of Everything tells the beautiful and extraordinary tale of how physicist Professor Stephen Hawking and his first wife, Jane, met at Cambridge University and shows how their lives changed forever after Stephen's diagnosis.

HELLO! have an exclusive featurette, with Professor Hawking speaking about Felicity Jones' portrayal of first wife Jane.

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"Felicity made a very charming Jane," said Professor Hawking, before adding: "The film was surprisingly honest about our marriage, it reflects our struggle to bring up three children, despite my disability. "Based on Jane's memoir, the film is expected to garner a number of BAFTA and Oscar nominations , and has already scooped nominations for the SAG awards and the Golden Globes.

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Felicity said of meeting Jane for the first time: "When she opened the door she was like a ray of sunshine, very open, very warm, you can't imagine what she went through." "I was very impressed with Felicity," added Jane Hawking, before continuing: "and when I saw Felicity on the screen, I thought, 'oh my goodness, that's me', because she had captured my mannerisms."

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