Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley on making sense of Shakespeare’s art with ‘Hamnet’

‘Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley And Paul Mescal On Playing Agnes And William Shakespeare: “The Chemistry Was A Wild Ride” – Toronto Studio

When writer-director Chloé Zhao first read Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet, she had just recently met Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal – an incident that would prove serendipitous. During a panel discussion at Deadline’s TIFF studio to discuss her film adaptation of Hamnet, Zhao explained, “When I read the book, I already met these two, so […]

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley on making sense of Shakespeare’s art with ‘Hamnet’

Paul Mescal says that to him, “Hamnet” feels so true it’s “almost like a documentary.”

'Hamnet' review: Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley burn in William Shakespeare tragedy

Before Hamlet, there was Hamnet. He was the young son of William Shakespeare who died in his youth, inspiring the playwright to spin the timeless tragedy of a doomed Danish prince. Hamnet explores that true story through a mystical and matriarchal lens of Maggie O'Farrell's heralded novel of the same name, adapted by the Academy Award–winning director of Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, and her Academy-nominated actors, Paul Mescal (Aftersun) and Jessie B…