"But then Shakespeare's perhaps the most famous person who ever lived, so of course there is some interest in what he looked like, what his relationship with his family was. And we can't know, but the idea Anne Hathaway has never seen a play before? It's improbable, considering what her husband did for a living. And she doesn't seem to know what a play is! I think there are a few doubts of probability."
"As Hamnet races towards the finishing line, as far as Oscars are concerned, it's likely to repeat the success of Shakespeare in Love, which had odd views as to how plays get put on,"
"I don't quite get it,"
"I'm not very interested in trying to work out where Shakespeare's imagination came from, but it certainly didn't just come from family life."
Sir Ian McKellen, 86, is a Shakespeare enthusiast who has portrayed Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and Falstaff. He joined the Academy in 1999 after a nomination for Gods and Monsters. He is not a fan of Chloé Zhao's film Hamnet and finds its premise that Shakespeare's imagination derived primarily from family life improbable. He doubts the film's depiction of Anne Hathaway as unfamiliar with plays given Shakespeare's profession. He predicted the film would likely win several Oscars and compared its potential success to Shakespeare in Love despite calling plot details implausible. The film centers on the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son and its imagined influence on Hamlet.
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