Actually Me, Eddie goes undercover on the Internet

On this episode of GQ's Actually Me, Eddie Redmayne goes undercover on the
Internet and responds to real comments from Reddit, YouTube, Twitter and more.
Why are British gentlemen so charming? What is his method of acting?

Twitter

dilara elbir @elbirdilara: You know what's missing in CATS? 

Eddie Redmayne and Helena Bonham Carter.

I feel that I don't have a good enough figure for Cats. And I've watched the new Cats trailer the other day, and Idris Elba just looked so ripped as a cat and I feel like that was probably why

I didn't get the call from Tom Hooper. But I'm not taking it personally at all.

𝒃𝑬𝑳 @filmeraki: I need a movie where the big 3 british in it. Benedict Curcumaplus, Eddie Redmayne, and Tom Hiddleston. 

A war movie would be cool. Or a classical movie like Three Musketeers. OR maybe a new James Bond movie, Tom as Bond, Eddie as the villain, Ben as MI6 new boss?

That's quite a pitch. I like the idea of Benedict Curcumaplus. Why does Ben get a cool surname and Tom and I don't? I also quite like the idea of the Three Musketeers. If that happens, do you think that @filmeraki gets a commission? Let's put that out into the ether. Three Musketeers. That's good. Except I can't grow facial hair.

I think…I mean, I would say yes. I would love to work with Felicity Jones. In this film, literally we were confined to a basket about the size of this table for about three months, and we loved each other at the end anyway.

— itsactuallyeddieredmayne (@itsactuallyedd1) November 29, 2019

So, I think that's a testament to extreme work conditions and true friendship. But also what happened with this film is we got to the end of filming and we were sitting in the basket covered in rain and frostbite and snow...

And I said to Felicity, "Hasn't this been such a wonderful experience?" as my character basically gets to pass out for a lot of it and just be quite relaxed. And she said, "No, it's been absolute hell”.

But I take because she basically had to do a load of stunt, brutal, painful work the whole way through the film. I'm trying to take that as not as a personal slight, but I would love to do all my films with Felicity Jones.

David Low @ydavey: Does anyone know why Eddie Redmayne hasn’t done another musical? He sang so well in the film of Les Miserables.

David, I love you. Thank you for being generous. Not sure everyone agreed with you. There have been reference to me sounding like Kermit the Frog. I enjoyed singing until I saw myself in Les Miserables. A lot of the character in Les Miserables sings really high.

It's too high for my voice, so I spent most of the film doing that, which doesn't look particularly appealing when you're watching a film. And then, when we came to sing live at the Oscars, I asked the composer if there was any chance we could sing it down a tone or two. And he was like, "Yeah, totally." I thought, "Why didn't I ask him that while we were making the movie?" That movie would have been so much less painful for me and for audience members listening to me. Anyway, I would love to do another musical one day. Thanks, David.

Wikipedia

On the screenshot above you can read Eddie's comment on the marked fact. Fortunately, it's
documented in the video because someone deleted it from the site. This is true for the next one too.

IMDB

"I think it was Kylo Ren that I was auditioning for. The reason the audition was horrible
was because I was doing my Jupiter Ascending voice because I've only got one Sci-Fi
villain in me, and that one wasn't very successful. Adam Driver got the part, which
was great for not only the Star Wars universe but the universe generally."

"That is totally true. In fact, I think they stopped the audition before I even finished
saying the line. That was a scaring moment. Thanks for bringing it up."

 "This is true. We used to go to LA in January to get out of London to try and get
work in pilot season. And the actual reality is it was just pouring with rain in
London and so we would tell all our family   and friends that we had to go and
look for work in Los Angeles."

"This is true. This happened a while back and I didn't really know how to respond

to the entire situation, so I do what I generally do, which is, bodily functions

take over and I just went beet red."

YouTube

With all the traveling and different accents and characters you get into -- I wonder, 
what is the most British thing that's synonymous with being back home for you Eddie?
Eddie Redmayne: My love of Marmite, salt and vinegar squares and Discos.
Two snacks that are quite English and the packaging hasn't really changed since
the '80s. When I get back to Heathrow, I'd always go straight to WH Smith,
which is a newspaper store, and get a packet of salt and vinegar Discos and
salt and vinegar squares and then I feel like I'm at home.
(I don't know if he reads it or not, but I replied to his comment.)

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