Talk:Hawking (2004 film)

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The article states, unsourced: "Cumberbatch's portrayal of Hawking was the first ever portrayal of the physicist on screen." But Hawking portrayed himself (technically a hologram of himself) on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1993. Powers ^T 11:04, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An IP editor tried to source it to IMDb, but I reverted due to IMDb not being a reliable source. IMDb also was more specific, stating that Cumberbatch was the first actor to portray Hawking on-screen. While that might very well be true, it isn't the same thing as the phrasing in the article. Powers ^T 01:44, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here a user claims that the TIME magazine article, not visible online without paying, supports the claim. But without being able to know exactly what wording the article used, we still don't know if it contradicts the bare fact that it is not the first portrayal of Hawking on screen. What's the next step? Powers ^T 21:41, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Historical accuracy, compared with “The Theory of Everything”[edit]

How does this television movie (which I've seen) compare with The Theory of Everything (which I haven't seen) when it comes to historical accuracy, and accuracy in the portrayal of people involved, in particular Stephen Hawking himself ? I added a reference to this movie in the Fred Hoyle article, and wondered if the incident actually happened as depicted (with the young Stephen Hawking confronting Fred Hoyle about a mistake in his theory among an assembly of devotees), or if it was partly fictitious, or completely made-up.--Abolibibelot (talk) 12:26, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]