Noah Jupe has revealed what he has taken from working alongside Paul Mescal as awards season gathers tempo ahead of Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards.
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet goes into the ceremony with 11 nominations, together with finest actress for Jessie Buckley, finest supporting actor for Mescal and finest supporting actress for Emily Mortimer.
Jupe seems in the movie as Hamlet, whereas his youthful brother Jacobi performs Hamnet, the playwright’s son whose demise shapes the story.
Reflecting on his time on set with Mescal, who is at present filming a Beatles biopic, Jupe described the Irish actor as “a humble man”.
Noah Jupe pictured alongside Paul Mescal (R) and Joe Alwyn (L) in addition to the relaxation of his Hamnet solid and director (Getty Images for Focus Features)
Speaking to The London Standard at the Newport Beach Film Festival UK and Ireland Honours, the place he obtained the Breakout Award alongside Archie Madekwe, Harry Melling and Jay Lycurgo, Jupe shared: “I think, I mean, honestly, he’s, he’s such a he’s such a humble man.
“But such an incredible man that I don’t think he would ever like feel that he would need to give me any parting words, but just watching him work, and watching how he is on set and how professional and hardworking and passionate he is, it’s enough for me to, like, you know, take him as a role model and be more like him.”
The 20-year-old is now getting ready to tread the boards in the West End, starring reverse Sadie Sink, 23, in a brand new manufacturing of Romeo and Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre from March 16.
It marks each of their London stage debuts. It’s additionally Sinks first stage venture following the conclusion of Netflix’s Stranger Things, during which she reprised her position as Max Mayfield.
Despite the scale of the enterprise, the pair lately admitted to British Vogue that they had rehearsed collectively solely twice. Jupe, nonetheless, insisted preparations have been progressing nicely.
The British expertise was honoured at this week’s Newport Beach Film Festival UK and Ireland honours (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
He informed us: “The thing with Shakespeare is, as I think we’ve all realised by the amount of times we’ve sort of done his plays, is you can never really get to a point where you’re happy, like, there’s so much in his plays, and it’s so rich, and there’s so much context and subtext.
“You know, we could work for like, months and months on it and then still not be close to being done. But it’s going well, I’m excited.”
Jupe added that he and Sink have bonded over navigating fame at a younger age – and is wanting ahead to utilizing their time on the West End to “get to know one another”.
“It’s always good to meet someone that’s in a similar situation and has sort of been through a similar thing to you, and there’s, I think in our case, there’s not a lot of people out there like that” he shared.
“And so, yeah, she’s so cool, man, she’s annoyingly cool, and she’s so, like, chill and lovely and professional. And, yeah, I honestly, really respect her in a big way.
“So, I’m glad we’ve got the time to get to know each other.”
