{"id":190899,"date":"2025-12-14T05:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/190899\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T05:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:43:08","slug":"hamnet-stars-talk-about-historical-figures-and-awards-hype-at-dublin-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/190899\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamnet stars talk about historical figures and awards hype at Dublin premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Mescal would \u201clove\u201d to one day play Michael Collins, the rebel leader.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Irish premiere of Hamnet, the star of the film said he has \u201calways been so interested in that period of Irish history\u201d but conceded \u201cLiam Neeson did a great job with that\u201d.<\/p>\n

His latest film sees him playing one of England\u2019s most iconic historical figures, William Shakespeare.<\/p>\n

Hamnet tells the story of Shakespeare\u2019s marriage to his wife, who is named Agnes in the film, and the tumult that follows the death of the couple\u2019s young son.<\/p>\n

\"JessieJessie Buckley attended the Irish premiere of Hamnet at the Light House Cinema, Dublin (Bairbre Holmes\/PA)<\/p>\n

Agnes is played by Irish actress and singer Jessie Buckley, who, along with Paul Mescal, has received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.<\/p>\n

There has been significant Oscar buzz around her since Hamnet started screening at festivals \u2013 something she brushed off, saying: \u201cWhatever comes, we\u2019ll meet that in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

She did, however, describe the project as one of the most \u201cpersonal, intimate, significant jobs I\u2019ve done\u201d.<\/p>\n

She described the cast and crew as like \u201cfamily\u201d, saying \u201cwe were like peas in a pod\u201d and \u201cit wasn\u2019t just camaraderie, it was a family, we lived like a family, the minute we got that set none of us wanted to leave\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"MaggieMaggie O\u2019Farrell wrote the screenplay (Bairbre Holmes\/PA)<\/p>\n

Coleraine-born Maggie O\u2019Farrell wrote the screenplay with director Chloe Zhao and joked with her collaborator about the Irish-heavy contingent in the cast, asking: \u201cDid you actually do any auditions, or did you just go to Ireland on holiday?\u201d<\/p>\n

The rave reviews for the film echo the critical reception the book received on publication, something which has astounded the novelist.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody asked me if it was a dream come true, and I said well, no, because it didn\u2019t even occur to me it was possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added she was too \u201csuperstitious\u201d to discuss award speculation, saying she does not want to \u201cjinx anything\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"ChloeChloe Zhao is the director of Hamnet (Bairbre Holmes\/PA)<\/p>\n

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In 2021, Ms Zhao became the third woman, and first woman of colour, to win an Oscar for Nomadland.<\/p>\n

She says she has an interest in \u201cexploring some old, old\u201d Irish stories in future projects, adding she has previously celebrated Celtic holidays like Samhain and Imbolc.<\/p>\n

Hamnet will be in Irish cinemas on January 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal would \u201clove\u201d to one day play Michael Collins, the rebel leader. Speaking at the Irish premiere…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-190899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}