The Oscar winner on learning from his mistakes, his latest role as a serial killer nurse – and why he’s not wearing a wedding ring
rinking coffee in the restaurant of a central London hotel as jazz burbles away in the background, Eddie Redmayne is wearing faded blue jeans, a white sweatshirt and a scarf. No wedding band, though. Uh-oh. “‘Spotted without his ring!’” he says, mock-horrified. He misplaced it while shootingeight years ago, which is only one of the reasons to lament that film. We’ll get to the others in good time.
‘A character study combined with a critique of the system’ … Redmayne as Charles Cullen with Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren in The Good Nurse.In fact, his party trick is quite the opposite: he makes awards appear. He got the big three for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, and an Olivier last year for his lizardly, mercurial Emcee in Cabaret, which also starred Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles.
“He’s basically giving his employers every opportunity to stop him,” says Redmayne. “It’s like: ‘Fucking do it..’ That’s what I found intriguing about the script. In some ways, yes, it’s a true crime story, but it felt more like a character study combined with a critique of the system.” With the NHS at its most imperilled, the film doubles as a warning to audiences in the UK. “Well, it’s more than a critique of US healthcare.
I thought if anything happened for me it would be Sunday night television, something English and Etonian ‘I made that film with the best intentions, but I think it was a mistake’ … Redmayne as Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl .His career goals were modest. “I thought if anything happened for me it would be Sunday night television, something English and Etonian. Maybe a bit part in Foyle’s War.” That wasn’t how it panned out.
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