--- description: Redmayne has already won a Golden Globe for his turn as Stephen Hawking title: Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch Are Oscars Texting Buddies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf6c86e6bb9b838/69877a1c3c16392e9545130a/eddie-redmayne2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch Are Oscars Texting Buddies by [Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 6:01 PM CUT  Eddie Redmayne poses in the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2015 in California. Eddie Redmayne poses in the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2015 in California.Steve Granitz—WireImage by [Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 6:01 PM CUT How did Eddie Redmayne discover he had received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Stephen Hawking in _The Theory of Everything_? “I’m currently staying in a hotel in Los Angeles and I was fast asleep,” says the Brit. “There was suddenly a rap on the door, I stumbled out of bed in my towel, and opened the door, and my manager was standing there brandishing a telephone, screaming down the phone. So I was _hoping_ that was a good thing.” Redmayne’s competition in the category includes his friend Benedict Cumberbatch, who is nominated for portraying Alan Turing in _The Imitation Game_. (Cumberbatch also played Hawking once, in the 2004 BBC film _Hawking_.) “We haven’t spoken, but we have texted,” says Redmayne. “There was many an exclamation mark being used. We’ve come up together and Ben is a good friend, and such an amazing actor. Benedict is so extraordinary in _Imitation Game_. It is a genuine honor to be amongst that group of actors.” And how will Redmayne be celebrating his nomination? “Gosh,” he says. “It is still like 6 or 7 in the morning. So, I’m wondering what point one is allowed to start drinking.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/15/oscars-eddie-redmayne-benedict-cumberbatch/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3669551/eddie-redmayne-benedict-cumberbatch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3669551/eddie-redmayne-benedict-cumberbatch/"},"headline":"Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch Are Oscars Texting Buddies","datePublished":"2015-01-15T18:01:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:36:58.799Z","description":"Redmayne has already won a Golden Globe for his turn as Stephen Hawking","url":"https://time.com/3669551/eddie-redmayne-benedict-cumberbatch/","keywords":["movies","Benedict Cumberbatch","eddie redmayne","oscars 2015"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf6c86e6bb9b838/69877a1c3c16392e9545130a/eddie-redmayne2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf6c86e6bb9b838/69877a1c3c16392e9545130a/eddie-redmayne2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Eddie Redmayne","caption":"Eddie Redmayne poses in the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2015 in California.","creditText":"Steve Granitz—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3669551/eddie-redmayne-benedict-cumberbatch/","name":"Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch Are Oscars Texting Buddies"}}]}] ```