Entertainment Movies Romantic Movies 'The Theory of Everything' Offers a Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Romantic Side (VIDEO) Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones portray Stephen and Jane Hawking as young lovers By Sheila Cosgrove Baylis Sheila Cosgrove Baylis Sheila Baylis is the former editor for PEOPLE's health vertical. She left the brand in 2023. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 15, 2014 09:00AM EDT Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty For all his brilliance, Stephen Hawking has famously admitted: “I’m no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.” In this exclusive clip from the film The Theory of Everything, which portrays Hawking’s relationship with his first wife, Jane, it’s evident that women are a mystery to the budding scientist. “You’ve leaped to a that’s a false conclusion,” Hawking, played by Eddie Redmayne, stammers in response to Jane’s (Felicity Jones) admission that she loves him. But a sweet kiss brings him around in the end, as Jane cleans his glasses and symbolically gives him a new view of the world. Watch the scene below from the film, which just won the “Audience Favorite World Cinema” award at the Mill Valley Film Festival and hits theaters Nov. 7. Want more stories like this? Sign up for our newsletter and other special offers: sign me up Thank you for signing up!