{"id":44954,"date":"2026-01-18T13:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/shy-11-year-old-lands-role-in-oscar-tipped-hamnet\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:03:16","slug":"shy-11-year-old-lands-role-in-oscar-tipped-hamnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/shy-11-year-old-lands-role-in-oscar-tipped-hamnet\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Shy’ 11-year-old lands role in Oscar-tipped Hamnet"},"content":{"rendered":"


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James Lintern had two lines in the film in Latin<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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An 11-year-old whose parents enrolled him in drama classes to help him battle his shyness has landed a role in one of this year’s biggest films.<\/p>\n

James Lintern was part of Stagecoach Performing Arts in Gloucester when staff suggested he send over some photos for the team behind the now Oscar-tipped<\/a> Hamnet to take a look at.<\/p>\n

The film, which recently won two Golden Globes<\/a>, is an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s imagining of William Shakespeare’s marriage to Agnes and the impact the death of their son Hamnet has on them both.<\/p>\n

James found himself cast as the son of Agnes’ friend Joan, who is one of Shakespeare’s students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He even had two lines – both of them in Latin.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BBC Points West, James said it was “really cool” seeing the workings of a film set and appearing alongside the likes of Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Emily Watson.<\/p>\n

“It felt great because I had got a part in a film,” he said, adding he had made friends during the project.<\/p>\n

James’ father Nathan said: “He was a shy boy when he was younger so we wanted to get him into a drama club to boost his confidence.<\/p>\n

“Then about six months into that we got a phone call saying ‘bit random but can we have a photo of James’ – and before we knew it we were being asked to go to Elstree (studios in London).”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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James attended the film’s premier in Leicester Square<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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He added: “When we enrolled him into Stagecoach it was more about his development than ever imagining anything as wonderful as this.”<\/p>\n

James said he was still shy but “not as much as I used to be”.<\/p>\n

“We went to the wrap party, it was really fun because I got to meet up with all my friends and I got to see all the funny parts of the film instead of the serious parts – we had done some funny parts,” he added.<\/p>\n

Hamnet is in cinemas now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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