‘Hamnet’ Star Paul Mescal on How the Film’s Ending Shows the Impact of Grief: ‘It’s Will’s Opportunity With an Audience — to Let Them In’

Jan 10, 2026 10:00am PT ‘Hamnet’ Star Paul Mescal on How the Film’s Ending Shows the Impact of Grief: ‘It’s Will’s Opportunity With an Audience — to Let Them In’ By Jazz Tangcay Plus Icon Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor @jazzt Latest ‘Marty Supreme’: Timothée Chalamet Needed Five Prosthetics and Spent One Hour in the Makeup Chair to Get His Acne-Scarred Face 17 hours ago ‘Hamnet’ Team on Chloé Zhao’s Directing, Leadership and Her Cameo During the Final Globe Theater Scene 22 hours ago ‘Sirât’ Composer Kangding Ray on How Synths Helped Craft the Film’s Techno Score and Create Desert Sounds 2 days ago See All Agata Grzybowska Paul Mescal stars in “Hamnet” as a grieving William Shakespeare whose struggle to write ultimately transforms his loss into the inspiration for “Hamlet.” But early on in the film, cinematographer Łukasz Żal and director Chloé Zhao wanted to show how very different Will and his wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley) were, using framing and location to emphasize that contrast. When they’re first introduced, Agnes is a free spirit living where the composition feels open. Will, on the other hand, “was in his head,” Żal says.