The Theory of Everything - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[francisco]

This was the second time Felicity Jones and Harry Lloyd worked together. They previously starred alongside each other in the school play Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

[willard]

Kip Thorne won a scientific bet against Stephen Hawking upon the astrophysics theory that underlies Interstellar (2014). As a consequence, Hawking had to subscribe to Penthouse magazine for a year. This famous bet is depicted in The Theory of Everything (2014), which was released in the same year as Interstellar (2014).

[kristina]

While celebrating Stephen's PhD, Brian calls Stephen "Doctor Who." In real life, Felicity Jones appeared in a 2008 Doctor Who (2005) episode, Doctor Who: The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008).

[jessie]

Stephen Hawking died on March 14, 2018.

[kyle]

One of the filming locations used was Pinner in the county of Middlesex. Another project that was filmed there was the TV show, Suburban Shootout (2006) which starred Tom Hiddleston. Tom and Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking) were in the same year while attending school and were even in a school production of 'A Passage to India' together, with Eddie playing Miss Adela Quested, the female lead and Tom playing the front right leg of the elephant Eddie was sitting on.

[ethel]

Lesley Manville was originally cast as Queen Elizabeth II, but her part was cut.

[ruby]

The lines Jane quotes to Stephen, near the beginning of the film when they are at a ball, are from "The Song of the Happy Shepherd" by William Butler Yeats.

[kenneth]

Eddie Redmayne is a good friend of Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Stephen Hawking in the TV movie Hawking (2004) for the BBC. Cumberbatch is the first ever actor to play the scientist on screen. Both actors were nominated for Best Actor in 2014 at the Academy Awards, with Redmayne winning for his performance in this film over Cumberbatch's performance in The Imitation Game (2014).

[francisco]

Like Stephen Hawking, Eddie Redmayne also attended the University of Cambridge.

[christina]

Felicity Jones's Best Actress Oscar-nominated performance was the only one in the category in a Best Picture nominee that year.

[michele]

Eddie Redmayne was born on January 6, while Stephen Hawking was born on January 8.

[wesley]

Adam Godley, who played a doctor in this film, played Stephen Hawking's father in the film Hawking (2004), which featured Benedict Cumberbatch.

[terry]

The soundtrack for this film was recorded at Abbey Road.