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Gracie Abrams has praised her boyfriend Paul Mescal’s performance in Hamnet.
Abrams, 26, shared a series of rare personal Instagram Story posts featuring sweet behind-the-scenes footage of Mescal, 29, Hamnet director Chloé Zhao, and co-star Jesse Buckley.
The first slide read, “Okay,” and included photos of the Ordinary People alum hiking and observing waterfalls. The next slide showed Mescal laughing with Buckley, 36, during a break from filming the Golden Globe-winning film.
“I found it almost impossible to find the words to describe the weight of this movie and how it has stayed in my bones since the first time I saw it. But we’re sitting in my kitchen right now, looking back at these photos, and tears immediately come to my eyes. So I just want to say that Chloe is unique,” the “That’s So True” singer wrote.
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“Jesse is unique. Paul is unique. Thank God for what they made. It’s going to get better when you go see it,” Abrams added.
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The Grammy-nominated singer later shared a photo of Mescal hugging Chao, 43, and tagged the Oscar-winning director. In the next slide, the All of Us Strangers star is seen smoking a cigarette while wearing a denim jacket over black pants, a black belt with a gold buckle, and a red and white graphic T-shirt with a picture of William Shakespeare featuring a funny slogan and an homage to his Hamnet performance, “Will Power.”
“I love his surprises,” Abrams wrote in an Instagram Stories photo.
The next slide features a photo of the night sky, above which Abrams writes, “P.S. The experience of being in a dark room full of people (three times), feeling, sobbing, hugging… reminds me and gives me relief. Try that version.” The last slide featured a photo of a woodland area with birch trees.
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Mescal plays William Shakespeare in a fictionalized account of the death of the bard’s son Hamnet, and how the grief of losing a child influenced his profound tragedy, Hamlet. Buckley plays Agnes Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife, who is little known in the historical record. The film is based on the 2020 historical fiction novel of the same name by Maggie O’Farrell.
The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture, Drama, and Buckley won Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture. Hamnet has been praised for its emotionally resonant story and raw depiction of grief.
Abrams and Mescal were first linked in 2024 when they were spotted having dinner together in London. Abrams recently accompanied Mescal to the Golden Globe Awards on January 11th.
