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In New Film, Jeremy Irons And Dev Patel Learn From Each Other

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In "The Man Who Knew Infinity," Dev Patel plays real-life mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and Jeremy Irons plays English mathematician G.H. Hardy. (IFC Films)
In "The Man Who Knew Infinity," Dev Patel plays real-life mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and Jeremy Irons plays English mathematician G.H. Hardy. (IFC Films)

The film “The Man Who Knew Infinity” opens today. Dev Patel plays real-life mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. In the early twentieth century, Ramanujan’s revolutionary ideas were initially ignored, but he found a champion in English mathematician G.H. Hardy, who arranged for Ramanujan to study at Cambridge. In the movie, Hardy is played by actor Jeremy Irons. Irons and Patel talk to Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about the experience of working together on the film.

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This segment aired on April 29, 2016.

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