Hawking funniest man I ever met: Theory of Everything actor

Eddie Redmayne, who portrayed Stephen Hawking in the 2014 film 'The Theory of Everything', paid tribute to the theoretical physicist on Wednesday. Calling Hawking "the funniest man" he had ever met, Redmayne said, "We have lost a truly beautiful mind, an astonishing scientist". Redmayne won an Oscar for his performance in the film.