Michael Lesslie
Screenwriter and playwright known for film adaptations and stage work, here discussing his adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet starring Riz Ahmed.
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Hamlet Q&A - Michael Lesslie
Michael Lesslie, a screenwriter and playwright known for stage and film adaptations, discusses his cinematic take on Hamlet starring Riz Ahmed. He explains relocating royalty to a South Asian real-estate dynasty, choosing Hamlet's POV, staging the soliloquy as a dangerous car sequence, and transforming the play-within-the-play into interpretive dance.
