US EditionHamnet Felt Like a 'Sure Thing' Says Scottish Actor Who Performed Alongside Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal
Chloé Zhao adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s novel to explore Shakespeare’s family grief and its influence on art, with the film earning six Golden Globe nominations.
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Paul Mescal on the Healing Power of ‘Hamnet’: ‘It's Not Grief Porn’
Paul Mescal was largely unknown in 2020, when he and Daisy Edgar-Jones starred in the limited series “Normal People” and he launched a career that in just five years has included “The Lost Daughter,” “Aftersun,” “Gladiator II,” “The History of Sound” and now “Hamnet.” At only 29, the Irish actor has won two BAFTA Awards and been nominated for an Oscar, an Emmy, Golden Globe, three Critics Choice Awards and two Actor Awards. “I’m very proud of it…
The film “Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet”, is being strongly quoted as one of the favorites for Oscar 2026, especially after its positive reception in cinema festivals, with praise for the direction of Chloe Zhao (nomadland winner) and the actions of Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. The drama, which explores the struggle of Agnes (the wife of Shakespeare) for the loss of the child, is seen as a strong competitor in categories such as Best Film, Direc…
FILM OF THE WEEK: Hamnet - Reviewed by Roe McDermott
A luminous meditation on grief – ravishing, intimate, and at times overwhelming. What does it mean to translate grief from page to body, from language to landscape? Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell’s luminous 2020 novel, offered an answer by shifting Shakespeare’s most famous play away from genius and towards loss – specifically, the death of his young son and the devastating impact it has on his wife, Agnes. The book reimagines a marriage shaped by lov…
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