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Irish heartthrob Paul Mescal rose to fame during the pandemic. He went into lockdown as an unknown and three years later earned an Oscar nomination. Now he plays a melancholic Shakespeare in "Hamnet."

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For any actor, regardless of his origin or background, playing a character created by William Shakespeare is usually a major goal. Irishman Paul Mescal, one of the most prominent figures in recent years, took that challenge one step further by incarnated in Hamnet the most famous playwright in history, author of fundamental pieces such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Otelo and Much Noise and Few Nuts, among so many other works that today m…