All of Us Strangers actor will play William Shakespeare alongside Buckley as his wife in film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Paul Mescal will star as the young William Shakespeare in a big-screen version of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao. The film will be scripted by Chiara Atik, adapting Lolita Chakrabarti's stage play, which has played to sold-out runs in Stratford-upon-Avon and t…
