Woman who paired Buckley with Paul Mescal in critics’ favourite is contender in new Academy Award category
If you were to compile a list of the most powerful people in the movie business, you might start with the auteurs, the A-list actors or the execs who bankroll Oscar-winning projects.
But among those better-known powerbrokers is another vital cog in the Hollywood machine: the people with the ability to make and grow stars.
This year, for the first time, casting directors will be honoured by the Academy, and one of the frontrunners is Nina Gold – the woman who put together Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in the critics’ favourite, Hamnet.
As a gatekeeper to some of the biggest roles in film and TV, Gold has encountered her share of egos, but it was the unassuming nature of her latest co-stars that she said made them the perfect pairing.
