Hamnet star Jessie Buckley took home Best Female Actor (Motion Picture – Drama) at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, giving a moving speech that thanked basically the entire cast and crew of Chloé Zhao’s film.
“This is not a normal feeling or situation to be in, but thank you Golden Globes,” said Buckley accepting her award. “Chloe, Paul, Maggie, Max, Emily, Jacobi, Joe, the 400 extras, I adore you. I would rave in that Globe for the rest of my life with you.”
Buckley highlighted the international nature of the Hamnet crew who told the story of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes, and the loss of their son Hamnet, whose death occurred years before the playwright penned Hamlet.
“It was such an extraordinary set to be part of, because we were telling the story of probably the most famous Brit that ever lived. We had a Chinese director, a lot of Irish, a mostly Polish crew, beside our British family,” she said, before thanking one crew member in particular.
“Actually, I’d really like to thank our grip Tomac, because during shooting, Tomac started to disappear a little bit during the shoot, and I found him one day at the back of his truck, and he was chopping up potatoes and onions and meat. He brought his ginormous cast iron pot over from Poland, and he was making soup — and this soup started turning up on set, it was delicious. Thanks, Tomac, for bringing your pot to set.”
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