What Hamnet Taught Paul Mescal About Love in His Own Life

What Hamnet Taught Paul Mescal About Love in His Own Life

Paul Mescal, who has been dating Gracie Abrams for the last year, shared how his role in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet informed love in his life in an exclusive E! News interview.

‘Hamnet’'s Costume Designer Turned Paul Mescal into a Shakespeare You've Never Seen—By Ditching Everything but the Earring

Mescal explains how Malgosia Turzanska's costumes—featuring slashed leather and dark gray tones—helped him access William Shakespeare's "psychological landscape" in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet.

‘Hamnet’ Review: Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley Rip the Heart Right Out of Your Body in Chloé Zhao’s Unspeakably Devastating Shakespeare Fanfic

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Telluride Film Festival. Focus Features releases “Hamnet” in select theaters on Wednesday, November 26. Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel of the same name, “Hamnet” is an emotionally pulverizing drama that imagines how the death of William Shakespeare and Anne (or Agnes) Hathaway’s only son might have inspired the creation of his greatest tragedy; think of it as “Shakes…