Eddie Redmayne has welcomed his second child with wife Hannah.
The 36-year-old actor’s wife – with whom he already has 21-month-old daughter Iris – gave birth to their son last Saturday and Eddie has revealed that they’ve named him Luke Richard Bagshawe.
A ‘delighted’ Eddie told The Times newspaper: ‘On 10th March 2018 to Hannah (Bagshawe) and Edward, a son, Luke Richard Bagshawe, brother to Iris.’
Confirmed: Eddie Redmayne welcomed a second child with his wife Hannah Bagshawe last weekend
The couple confirmed they were expecting again in November, in a statement to MailOnline.
It was revealed: ‘Eddie and Hannah Redmayne are delighted to confirm they are expecting their second child.’
It comes just four days after Eddie lamented the loss of genius Stephen Hawking, the physicist he portrayed in 2015 biopic The Theory Of Everything.
The on-screen star paid tribute on Wednesday in a statement that said: ‘We have lost a truly beautiful mind, an astonishing scientist and the funniest man I have ever had the pleasure to meet. My love and thoughts are with his extraordinary family.’
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them star recently revealed his daughter Iris has just begun sleeping through the night, so he is preparing himself for more sleepless nights with the new baby.
Eddie said: ‘We’ve just about got to that stage where we’re just beginning to sort of get sleep and remember what that word means. I’m getting prepped to go back into the trenches.’
And Iris is was still getting to grips with the idea of becoming a big sister – as she believed that Eddie was also carrying a new baby.
Confirmed: Eddie has become a father for the second time, it was revealed this weekend
He explained: ‘I thought she was genius child because she came up to Hannah and started kissing her tummy and saying “Baby! Baby in there.”
‘I was like, “Ah, amazing!” ‘Then she came up to me, kissed my tummy, kissed her own tummy and said, “Baby in there.” Uh… not quite. She also calls her toy monkey “Baby,” so… ‘
Last year, ‘The Theory of Everything’ actor revealed that ‘nothing can prepare you’ for fatherhood, but admitted that becoming a parent was an ‘extraordinary’ feeling. He said at the time: ‘I don’t think anything can prepare [you].
Expecting: The couple confirmed that they were expecting another baby in November
The amazing thing is, everything that everyone tells you beforehand – which is all cliché – is true. You’ve heard it all before, and yet when you’re experiencing it, it feels like the first time, and you suddenly start telling everyone these things as if they’re completely new and original thoughts.
And they’re like, ‘Yeah that’s the cliché.’ ‘But all the things [like] different parts of your heart opening … it’s really extraordinary. There’s this amazing thing with children – whenever you’re having a bit of a tired moment or something, it’s like, she’s always just one stop ahead of you, smiling you along. It’s great.’
Expanding the family: The duo already share daughter Iris