Hamnet | Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Featurette | Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal
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Moviefone is proud to present this exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette from director Chloé Zhao's Oscar nominated 'Hamnet', which focuses on Zhao's directing style and features interviews with actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. 'Hamnet' is available now to rent or buy on all digital platforms from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The way Chloe has worked bringing this to life, it's been a journey. It's never just been an
end product. From day one, Chloe asked us all to come towards this story with an open heart
and has been such a brave artist to weave everybody's skin into this tapestry that
she's created and that's a really rare experience.
Her greatest talent is knowing exactly what kind of culture she wants on set.
The atmosphere that she has crafted gives you all of the freedom and creativity to
put your best foot forward. She's just been an absolutely extraordinary presence on set
and I think she's brought a really feminine energy to the filmmaking process.
It's been really brilliant watching her work and seeing her very unique take on the material.
All feelings or emotions are welcome once you step on the set and when you're in that
kind of environment, it becomes an ecosystem and I don't need to force the actors to get
anywhere that they themselves don't lead me to and already feel supported.
We're there to capture the truth that comes through one moment after another. So when your
actors are operating at that vibration, something is going to come through.
Give it to me. I'll make sure it gets a decent... Give me my child!
Whether it's a scream or a tiny little twitch, my job is to nurture that.