Chloé Zhao

You know, the scene where he goes, I don't...

Talking to people is difficult for me.

And then she said, tell me a story.

We did that whole thing on day three and many, many takes.

Usually I don't do that many takes.

Just for him to find who is William Shakespeare, speaking one of the greatest myths to a woman he fell in love with.

That's very loaded.

That's also pressure on Paul, yes.

Well, I didn't speak English.

So when you don't speak English and you have Romeo and Juliet in front of you in the equivalence of a ninth grade.

Still, when I was on set of Hamnet, when Paul was delivering his speech, I only understand a third of it, technically, because I just don't understand what those words mean.

But at the beginning, Paul had said to me, look, I can study it and translate every word and understand what it all means.

But Paul said to me, listen...

If Shakespeare's performed right, you don't have to understand what they're saying.

You feel it in the body.

The language is written like that.

And so in a way, me and Lukács, who also doesn't speak much English, we sat there and we watched Paul's performance.

And in a way, we kind of embody Agnes.

who doesn't quite understand everything, but we feel it.

So in those days in the globe, I'm judging by me and Lucas's physical reaction.