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paul mescal Is revealed He would like To portray “love”. irish Rebel Leader Michael Collins, a role he hopes to play one day.
Speaking at the Irish premiere of his new film, HamnetThe actor said he had “always been interested in that period of Irish history”, although he acknowledged that Liam Neeson had previously “done a very good job of it”.
Mescal plays William Shakespeare in HamnetA film exploring the playwright’s deep grief over his marriage to his wife Agnes and the death of their young son.
Jessie Buckley plays Agnes, both Irish actors earn golden globe Nomination for her performance in the historical drama.
Since then there has been a lot of discussion about the Oscars. Hamnet Started screening at festivals – something he shrugged off by saying: “Whatever comes, we will meet at that very moment.”
However, he described the project as “one of the most personal, intimate, important things I’ve ever done.”
He described the cast and crew as “family”, saying, “We were like peas in a pod” and “It wasn’t just camaraderie, it was a family, we lived like a family, as soon as we got that set, none of us wanted to leave”.
Coleraine-born Maggie O’Farrell wrote the script with director Chloe Zhao and joked with her colleague about the Irish-heavy contingent in the cast, asking: “Did you actually do any auditions, or did you just go to Ireland on holiday?”
The film’s laudatory reviews echo the critical reception the book received upon publication, which surprised the novelist.
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“Someone asked me if it was a dream come true, and I said, no, because it hadn’t even occurred to me that it was possible”.
She said she was too “superstitious” to discuss awards speculation, adding that she did not want to “ruin anything out”.
In 2021 Ms Zhao became the third woman and first black woman to win an Oscar nomadic land,
She says she is interested in exploring “some of the older, older” Irish stories in future projects, adding that she has previously celebrated Celtic holidays such as Samhain and Imbolc.
Hamnet Will be in Irish and British cinemas on January 9th.