498: A Conversation with Production Designer Fiona Crombie on Hamnet, Love, Grief, and Shakespeare

In this episode of Pop Culture Confidential, Christina sits down with prize-winning production designer Fiona Crombie, whose work has shaped some of the most visually striking films of recent years.

They talk in depth about Crombie’s breathtaking production design for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal  and Jessie Buckley as William and Agnes Shakespeare. From intimate domestic spaces to the recreation of the legendary Globe Theatre, Crombie reveals how she brought emotion and lived-in detail into the spaces she designed

Fiona Crombie was Oscar-nominated for her production design on Lanthimos The Favourite and has also collaborated with Bong Joon-ho (Mickey 17), Ari Aster (Beau Is Afraid), and many other acclaimed filmmakers.

This conversation was recorded just after Jessie Buckley’s Best Actress win at the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, and as Hamnet itself took home Best Picture Drama.

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