Overview
- The film is now playing widely to strong reviews, with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal earning standout notices and Buckley cited as a Best Actress frontrunner.
- A Variety panel highlighted Chloé Zhao’s collaborative, ego‑free leadership and instinctive decision‑making on set, according to key department heads.
- Casting director Nina Gold said Jacobi Jupe secured the title role after roughly eight auditions, landing it at about age 10.
- Costume designer Malgosia Turzanska described finding an authentic Elizabethan doublet at rental house Cosprop that influenced designs and revealed Zhao’s hidden cameo during the Globe sequence.
- Critics lauded Łukasz Żal’s cinematography and the film’s craftsmanship, while some questioned certain emotional staging and music choices.