Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley talk Sweets, Santa and Shakespeare for Hamnet 🔥👑📜 | Cineworld

You can't be going into the cinema and not get popcorn. That's insane. Like, that's part of the whole thing. Yeah. Pleasure to meet you. My name's Amber. I'm here with Cineworld Cinemas, and we are so excited to be bringing Hamlet to the big screen across the UK. First things first, I just wanted to say a huge congratulations, first of all, on two gorgeous performances. I have never cried so much in a film. I was so moved. And a huge congratulations on your Golden Globe nominations. My first question, I'd love to know, what is the first thing that you did when you heard that you'd both been nominated? Oh, I actually, I was in Berlin and I was on my way to the Berlin Wall because I'd never been to Berlin before. So I had my baby in a sling and I was just walking to the Berlin Wall. I was in work. I was in makeup checks before. And yeah, it was a nice surprise as people are fiddling with your face. To be like, oh, yeah, it was lovely. Lovely start to the day. Well, I've got a few quickfire questions for you, and then we'll get into the nitty gritty. So I'd love to know, what is one thing that you think Shakespeare and Agnes would absolutely love if they were here today in 2025? I think Shakespeare would love sweets. I think he'd love, like, Harambeau. He'd think they were absolutely... Do you know what Shakespeare would love? Having access to, like, Japanese whiskey and things coming over, you know, like... Oh, he'd love that. Next day delivery on the sweets and whiskey. Yeah, exactly. Next day delivery on, like, Japanese whiskey. He'd love Japanese whiskey. What do you think Agnes would love? Do you know what? I think they'd love having, like, access to television and art, like, documentaries and things. I think that's, they'd... Oh, yeah, yeah. They'd like that. Maybe documentaries. Documentaries. I'm just actually talking about myself. Yes, instead of time plastics. Loaded. What modern film or TV series would you recommend to them as timeless art if they were here today? I would, I would say 24 Hours in Police Custody. They'd love that, no question. Yeah, I think they would. Yeah, I think they'd love that. Yeah, let's go with that, 24 Hours in Police Custody. The Shakespeare sit-down. Now, Agnes, I'll tell you what, you'll love this. So this is the first time that you've worked together on screen. Hamlet carries so much emotional weight, and the chemistry between William and Agnes is so integral to the story. It really feels like there's an electricity between them, but also this sincere depth. So I was wondering, how did you go about working on building that chemistry with each other? It's very hard. Yeah, it was kind of impossible. We're still working on it. It just, you know, we don't really like each other. No, it was, it was really easy. It wasn't something that, like... We didn't have to generate or look for, it just was, I think. It just happened. There was a lot of love and respect and trust, and also a bit of danger and unknowability between us. And it felt like we could go wherever we needed to go in the story, and actually that we could hold a lot for each other. Yeah. Without being competitive. Paul, you've played William Shakespeare, a gladiator, and soon Paul McCartney and Jessie from War and Peace to The Lost Daughter, playing women so defined by their moment in time. Are there any other real historical figures that either of you would really love to play? Santa Claus. Who would you play? Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. Yeah. A relationship drama. Oh, do you know what we should do? We should do Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, but it's like a really serious kitchen drama, and he's like disappearing into work. He's like, I have no time for you, it's Christmas. She's furious that he's going away. When are they going to spend Christmas together? He'll just be like, I'm going away. It's one day a year, Mrs. Claus. You've said that for the last... That's my job. I'm Santa Claus. I'm leaving. Just for tonight. And then you have an extreme close-up of him whipping the reindeers and just bawling, crying. And it cuts back to... She's actually just drinking all the whiskey that has been left in the house. There's a drunk scene when he arrives back and he's exhausted. It turns into Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Exactly. Who's Afraid of Mrs. Claus. Can we copywriting that as an idea? That would actually be... Like, can we do that as a comedy? Santa and... I think that's great. But could Will Ferrell be in that? Because he's always great in a Christmas film. What do you think of that? I love that. I'm here for it, honestly. Get a petition out there. I'll sign it. We've got time for one very quick last question. When it comes to going to the cinema, what is your favorite part of going to the cinema? You can't be going into the cinema and not get popcorn. That's insane. That's part of the whole thing. Yeah. And yeah, I love that. I love getting there a little bit early. I hate arriving to the cinema tight for time. Getting there, getting like an astronomically large vat of coke and a massive thing of popcorn and a massive thing of Maltesers and sitting there waiting for the trailers. All of it in. All of it and just sitting there with a big bucket of food. A big soggy bucket of popcorn. Yeah, just waiting for the trailers to start. It's the best feeling. Such a pleasure talking to you both. Congratulations again on this film and I look forward to seeing your comedic take on the clauses at some point. Might be a drama. We're not sure yet. No, it'll be a drama. Drama comedy. See you later. What should I do? Keep your heart open. Look. To sleep. Perchance to dream. What do you see? Bye.