Golden Globes 2026: Jessie Buckley Clarifies Comments About Drinking Paul Mescal “Like Water”
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Jessie Buckley didn’t compare Paul Mescal to a summer’s day.
But she did say she could drink him “like water” during her acceptance speech at the Critics Choice Awards—comments she clarified a week after when Hamnet won two Golden Globes during the Jan. 11 ceremony. (See the complete list of winners at Golden Globes 2026.)
“I meant that he is essential to what I need and what I’ve discovered as an actor is possible, in what we do in our work,” she explained to reporters backstage. “He brings you to the core of your humanity, and once you know what that is—it becomes like water.”
As for Paul, the 29-year-old is equally effusive in his praise of his costar.
“When the dust settles on all of this awards chat and everything, drama school students are gonna be studying what she did in Hamnet,” Paul added to reporters. “They’re gonna be talking about it forever—and it should be spoken about forever. It’s one of the greatest performances we’re gonna be seeing for years.”
