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Felicity Jones says it was "special" portraying Jane Wilde in 'The Theory of Everything'.
The 31-year-old actress plays the ex-wife of world renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in the biopic and she admits playing a real life character in the new film, brought its own unique concerns.
Felicity reflected: "I'm very lucky to get such an extraordinary role. Jane is someone who has such a formidable strength and my friends have complained over the last few months about me talking about her so much. But it was very special to play her.
"You know that it's such a personal thing and that person can sit down and watch, and so you say, 'I've got to get this right.' "
Felicity - who stars opposite Eddie Redmayne in the film - enjoyed getting the chance to meet Jane as she felt it helped with her performance.
She added: "But it was a wonderful thing, in meeting her you got the idea of there being so many idiosyncrasies that I wanted to put in the film."
Jane was married to the acclaimed academic from 1965 to 1995 and their relationship forms the focal point of the new biopic, which is directed by James Marsh.

Martin Freeman wants to inspire children to be "obsessed over jewellery".
The British actor, who plays the central role in 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies', said that the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Hobbit' films could inspire more young people to wear such fashion accessories.
Martin, 43, quipped: "Any effect you can have on people is a plus, it's ultimately why we're doing it, you want to touch people, to communicate something in some way.
"I want to inspire children to be obsessed over jewellery. And never give it back."
However, the film's director, Peter Jackson, had an altogether more serious answer when he was asked about the legacy of the J. R. R. Tolkien-inspired movies.
The 53-year-old filmmaker said: "I hope I inspire children to make films. Obviously the films can inspire people in other ways, but I'm sitting here being the result of TV and films I saw as a kid.
"I mean, 'Thunderbirds', 'King Kong' - they're the reason why I'm here. They excited me, they inspired me to become obsessive about making films.
"It would be a wonderful thing if there were young kids today who were getting affected by our films in the same way. I would be extremely proud if that were the case."

Paul Feig has promised the 'Ghostbusters' reboot will be "scarier than the original".
The 52-year-old film-maker - who was confirmed as the female-led movie's director in October - says he is hoping to make it more terrifying than the previous films in the franchise, and is ensuring he and co-writer Katie Dippold don't "hold back" when it comes to developing freaky scenes.
He said: "I want ours to be scarier than the original, to be quite honest. Katie Dippold and I are so focused on wanting to do scary comedy. We don't want to hold back."
Despite revealing he wants to capitalise on the film's frightening edge, the 'Bridesmaids' director said he is keen to retain a family-friendly rating as to not alienate viewers, unlike the adult comedy movies he is famous for.
He explained: "The reason I do a lot of R-Rated comedies is that you want a movie to feel honest. But the 'Ghostbusters' world doesn't need that level of swearing. We'll have to be PG-13 with this one. I would like to make it R-Rated, but I won't. You want the biggest number of people to watch it and not be put off by it."
Details of casting have yet to be revealed, although Rebel Wilson and Melissa McCarthy have both been linked to the production, which is expected to be filmed in early 2015.

Andy Serkis says there's no difference playing Ian Dury to portraying Caesar the ape.
The 50-year-old actor portrayed the late British rocker in 2009 film 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' but he insists the conventional process of acting is now no different from performance capture - the method he used when bringing the intelligent chimpanzee to life in the two 'Planet of the Apes' movies.
He said: "People think that performance capture is like a genre of acting but I cannot stress enough there is no difference from playing Ian Dury to Caesar, in terms of that they are very similar in many ways! But quite seriously, the process of becoming another person or another being you are putting a large part of yourself under the microscope psychologically and emotionally to an audience. Ian Dury has many personas both performance and personal. It's just about losing yourself in a character and that's what we do as actors."
Serkis - who has founded The Imaginarium Studios with film producer Jonathan Cavendish dedicated to the art of performance capture - insists the job of actors to use their imagination to create believable characters and stories and he is always willing to push himself creatively with the roles he accepts.
He explained: "Whether you are standing on stage doing a Shakespeare play imagining the audience isn't there or you're stood in front of a green screen imagining San Francisco is collapsing behind you, we live in our imagination. We have this challenge which is a combination of putting chunks or yourself under the microscope and being honest about who you are.
"For me as an actor what drives me is the art of transformation. I just happen to know what does it for me - other actors don't want to move a centimetre from who they are - what does it for me is when I find characters who are very far away from me to kind of uncover my truth."

Kanye West has backed Idris Elba to be the next James Bond.
The 37-year-old rapper believes the 'Luther' actor is a "visionary", and should definitely be offered the role as the iconic secret agent when current actor Daniel Craig steps down from the character.
He said: "I know Idris a little bit and he is a big talent.
"The movies he has been making are special, and when the role for James Bond comes up it needs to be his.
"James Bond is a role made for British actors and you won't find a British actor who has the talent of Idris.
"To be honest you won't find many anywhere who have his talent."
The 'Bound 2' rapper - who has 18-month-old daughter North West with his wife Kim Kardashian West - went on to say he feels the time is right to have a black actor portraying the character.
He explained to The Sun newspaper: "Artists should be visionaries. A black James Bond would be visionary no doubt.
"Something that 30 years ago would have seemed crazy should now be something that is a real possibility."
Rumours the 42-year-old 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' actor was being lined up for the role emerged when Sony co-chairperson Amy Pascal was revealed to have said "Idris should be the next Bond" to the former executive vice-president of Bond distributor Columbia, in an email which has since been leaked.
Responding to the online stir the message has caused, Idris posted a goofy selfie on Twitter on Saturday (27.12.14) joking he is not attractive enough to play the British spy.
He quipped: "Isn't 007 supposed to handsome? Glad you think I've got a shot! Happy New year people."
However, those hoping to see the actor take on the character soon may be disappointed, as Daniel Craig has not yet shown any wish to relinquish the role following his appearance in 'Casino Royale', 'Quantum of Solace' and 'Skyfall' and is currently filming the franchise's 24th film, 'Spectre'.

Chris Pine doesn't think 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' made enough money to get a sequel.
The 34-year-old actor portrayed the titular character in the action thriller this year - which is said to have made a $50 million domestic taking, $10 million less than its budget - and admits he didn't feel the movie was as good as it could've been which will always be one of his "deepest regrets".
Speaking about the possibility of a sequel, he said: "I don't think it made enough money for that to happen.
"That's one of my deep regrets, that we didn't totally get that right."
Despite being downbeat about his chances of portraying the former CIA analyst in a follow-up movie, Pine insists he would love to see the character played again.
He added to MovieFone: "It's a great franchise, and if it's not me then I hope it gets a fifth life at this point. It's just great. I love the spy genre. I hope it's done again and with a great story."
The character was created by author Tom Clancy and was previously played by Ben Affleck in 2002 movie 'The Sum of All Fears' as well as by Harrison Ford in 'Patriot Games' in 1992 and again in 'Clear and Present Danger' in 1994.

Robert Rodriguez's filming techniques confused his 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill' stars.
The director - who has helped create both big screen adaptations of Frank Miller's neo-noir graphic novel - used green-screen technology to film actors against a blank background in the sequel before filling in their surroundings digitally later on.
However, this has confused some of the stars who haven't worked with these techniques before - and actor Josh Brolin didn't quite understand when he first got on set.
Rodriguez said: "When Josh Brolin showed up, he said, 'Where's Mickey Rourke?' and I said, 'I filmed him already'.
"And he said, 'All my scenes are with Mickey?! He's carrying me around and we're drinking together and he's driving me in cars!'
"And I'm like, 'I know, I'll figure it out when I get there, and it will work because I've done it before.' "
The advanced and unique techniques used by Rodriguez match the graphic novels intense, gritty style because he wants to "do right by" a "magical" series.
He added: "I wanted to go further towards what the books originally offered. When you have a property like this that's magical, you want to do right by it."

Stephen Hawking is "incredibly sharp and witty".
The theoretical physicist is the subject of new film 'The Theory of Everything' and one of the stars of the biopic, Felicity Jones - who plays the scientist's ex-wife Jane Wilde - was struck by the professor's sense of humour when they met prior to shooting.
She shared: "He's so incredibly sharp and witty. And really, it's just an extraordinary, extraordinary love story and it's an absolute privilege that they let us tell this story."
The film focuses on the love story of Stephen and Jane, who he was married to from 1965 to 1995, and Eddie Redmayne - who plays the professor - says the storyline is "incredibly intimate" and he was determined to land a role in the movie.
The 32-year-old actor explained: "When I heard of the film I thought it was going to be a biopic of Stephen's life, but what I read was incredibly intimate.
"It's a passionate love story about two extraordinary people and when I heard that James Marsh was directing, it was too tantalising a prospect not to pursue."

Aaron Paul has been linked to a 'Star Wars' spin-off film.
The 35-year-old 'Breaking Bad' actor is reportedly involved in the movie which is thought will focus on the character of Han Solo, although it is not yet clear whether the star would be playing the protagonist.
Editor in chief of 'Star Wars' fansite 'Making Star Wars' Jason Ward - who claims to have been informed of details about the production - wrote: "A code name for the production is Luminac Industrial Goods. [The source goes] on to say there's going to be a really interesting situation at Pinewood Studios. The filming will eventually overlap with some of 'Star Wars: Episode VIII'.
"Who are they hearing the film is about? Han Solo.
"They went on to say the word around the current production at Pinewood is that Aaron Paul is looking to be attached to the first Star Wars spin-off film in some fashion."
In February, LucasFilm announced three feature-length spin-off movies would be released in 2016, 2018 and 2020 between the releases of the main 'Star Wars' movies, with 'Godzilla' director Gareth Edwards already confirmed to be directing the first of the films.
The next movie in the franchise, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, and will be released on December 18, 2015.