Best Of: ‘Hamnet’ star Jessie Buckley / Documentarian Morgan Neville
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From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. Today Jessie Buckley. She may win an Oscar a week from Sunday for her starring role in Hamlet. She's already won a Golden Globe. She plays William Shakespeare's wife, facing conflicts in their marriage and the death of their son.
After portraying a grieving mother, Buckley found out she was pregnant. The thing that this story offered me that brought me into this next chapter of my life was as a mother was tenderness, you know, and that was a word and a feeling that I think I didn't know was what I was looking for. Also, documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville tells us about his new documentary, Man on the Run, which focuses on Paul McCartney's life and music after the breakup of the Beatles. And John Powers reviews a Japanese film about a gangster's son who dreams of being a star in kabuki theater.
That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Terry Gross. The film Hamnet is nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Actress for my guest Jessie Buckley. Hamnet's other nominations include Best Picture, Best Director for Chloe Zhao, who's also nominated for
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