TIFF Daily: A 'Rocky' Knockout; Andrew Scott on Life, Death & Hamlet

Andrew Scott Had to Learn How to Play Hamlet Again to Prepare for 'Elsinore'

TIFF 2026: The actor, who played the role on the West End, started from scratch to imagine how the AIDS-stricken Ian Charleston inhabited the Shakespearean character

TIFF Daily: A 'Rocky' Knockout; Andrew Scott on Life, Death & Hamlet

Inside our studio with Cynthia Erivo, Channing Tatum, Naomi Watts, Megan Rapinoe and more

Andrew Scott: Opposing gay actors in straight roles is 'prejudice'

Actor ANDREW SCOTT: Opposing gay actors in straight roles is "prejudice."

Andrew Scott Gets Candid at TIFF About ‘Elsinore’ and People Against Gay Actors Playing Straight Roles: ‘That’s Just Prejudice’

Could Andrew Scott make history? That is the big question concerning the Irish actor’s towering performance in “Elsinore,” which debuted in Telluride before playing the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Simon Stone, the film features Scott as Ian Charleson, a Scottish actor whose career has slowed down since featuring in “Chariots of Fire.” The year is 1989, and, when Daniel Day-Lewis walks offstage during a production of “Hamlet…

From ‘Sherlock’ to ‘Fleabag’ to ‘Elsinore’ — 6 things we learned from Andrew Scott’s TIFF conversation

Acclaimed actor breaks down his greatest roles in conversation at Toronto Film Festival.