Andrew Scott will make you weep in new trailer for Elsinore
Scott portrays an actor overcoming health complications to play the role he's always dreamed of.
Photo: Anthony Dickenson/Focus Features
If you still haven’t moved on from Andrew Scott’s Hot Priest delivering the devastating line, “It’ll pass,” in Fleabag (it’s only been seven years, but who’s counting?), the Irish actor is back with another tearjerker. On Monday, Focus Features released the first trailer for Elsinore, directed by Simon Stone and written by Stephen Beresford. The heartbreaking, inspiring drama is based on the real-life story of Chariots of Fire actor Ian Charleson, who pushed through his complications from AIDS to step into the role of Hamlet at London’s National Theatre after Daniel Day-Lewis abruptly ditched the production.
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