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Chicago. So talking to her about this moment of arriving in Ellis Island, which we recreated in the film, is riveting.”
The role in the children’s movie has also coincided nicely with Eddie becoming a dad to Iris in June.
And he is completely blown away by fatherhood.
He explains: “In the morning you hear a gentle squeak and you go in and turn on the light. She has a massive grin that’s like, ‘It’s a whole new day’. That’s probably the greatest thing. There’s this amazing thing, she’s always just one stop ahead of you, smiling you along. It’s great.” Eddie and PR executive Hannah, 33, started dating in 2012 but first met in their school days, when he was at Eton – at the same time as Prince Wi l l iam – and Hannah attended a nearby girls’ school. The actor says he is looking forward to some family time in a break between film projects. And no matter how much Hol lywood magic comes his way, he’ll never get too big for his boots. He says: “My belief is that if you go up, you have got to come down at some point. “For The Theory of Everything I was quite low down on a list for the role and I got the opportunity as a consequence of people saying ‘no’ to it. “In the film industry you are on lists and you have value and for a moment your value goes up, then it all disappears again.” Not that Eddie need fret, as his jet-setting career soars higher and higher. So mascot Frank can expect plenty more travels...