Chloé Zhao: Discuss your dreams
“It’s about ritualistically showing up every day..."
Director Chloé Zhao led a two-week rehearsal period for Hamnet in which she would gather the cast and key crew members to discuss their dreams and how, if at all, they related to themes in the story.
“It’s about ritualistically showing up every day and doing the work and trusting that the seed is being planted,” says the director. By the time [Jessie] Buckley would come to set, Zhao says, “the water in her was flowing. I just needed to make sure it didn’t break the bank.”
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