Eddie Redmayne used to rehearse Fantastic Beasts role on the tube: ‘I realised I was being stared at’

The Oscar-winner got some strange looks from commuters 
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Jennifer Ruby11 November 2016
The Weekender

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Eddie Redmayne used to practise his Fantastic Beasts role while riding the London underground.

The Oscar-winning actor, who still uses the tube to get around the capital, admitted that he was aware of being ‘stared at’ by commuters as he rehearsed his lines.

Speaking ahead of the New York premiere of the film on Thursday night, the British star told Time Out:

“Sometimes we’d have almost “War Horse”-style puppets for the rehearsal. But it varied, and sometimes it just involved having little Pickett the Bowtruckle, who is a stick insect, and he would be on my hand.

Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Katherine Waterston, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller 
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“I’d be on the tube in London, imagining talking to this thing, and suddenly realise I’m being stared at.”

Redmayne, who has been spotted on public transport by fans a number of times, said that he finds it a much more efficient way to get around town.

“I take the tube! What’s the other option in London?' he said.

“This morning they sent a car and it took an hour to go half a mile to get here. On the tube, it would have taken ten minutes.”

Redmayne was joined by co-stars Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller and Katherine Waterston at the Apple Store in New York to promote the eagerly-awaited new film David Yates’s film.

They will all walk the red carpet at the first big premiere for the film in New York before it’s Leicester Sqaure opening in London next week.

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