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>> reporter: yet it was only days before "the theory of everything" shoot began that redmayne met his icon, stephen hawking himself for the first time. >> i remember getting out of the car and going why have you not thought of what you are going to ask. the truth, what did i want when i was meeting him was approval and he was incredibly kind to me. >> reporter: his command of hawkings physicality lets viewers focus on the movies emotional power. >> reporter: with or without a win on oscar sunday...