'Hamnet' trivia and fun facts
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Paul Mescal
At Chloe Zhao's request Paul Mescal got genuinely drunk for the scene in which Shakespeare is drunk. Mescal said it was a fun experiment, but admitted he was hungover the next day.
The Lost Daughter
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley also starred in "The Lost Daughter" (2021), but they shared no scenes together
Max Richter
Max Richter's "On the Nature Daylight" plays near the end. This piece was used prominently in "Arrival" (2017), which also dealt with parents' grief over the death of their child.
Tom Holland
Sir Sam Mendes was originally set to direct, with Tom Holland cast as William Shakespeare. Mendes still served as producer on the final film.
Agnes
While the name of Shakespeare's wife is usually spelled Anne Hathaway, in legal documents her father spelled her name Agnes. In the early modern period it was common for names to have alternate spellings. Maggie O'Farrell chose to use the name Agnes for her protagonist.
Hamlet
If you look closely the "Hamlet" leaflet that Judith hands to Agnes contains the names real-life surnames of the actors portraying the company performers in the play. "Mr. Jupe" , "Mr. Shalloo", "Mr. Gibson" are Noah Jupe, Jack Shalloo, and Hera Gibson respectively.
Sequence
Filmed in sequence.