‘I Wanted to Live on for Hamnet’: Jacobi Jupe Breaks Down in Tears, Consoled by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal

Twelve-year-old Jacobi Jupe, who plays the title role in “Hamnet,” broke down in tears during the Variety interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, describing the devastation of embodying William Shakespeare’s ill-fated son, and calling the experience “life-changing.” “It was so utterly devastating,” Jupe says, pausing as he grew emotional. “When I ended that shoot, […]