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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Emma John

‘It feels like flying!’ Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe on child stardom, passion and the heady rush of Romeo and Juliet

A young woman touches a young man's face as they sit on a bed looking at each other intently.
‘We’ve grown so much’ ... Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink in rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet. Photograph: Manuel Harlan

Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink are comparing their CVs. “Noah has more Shakespeare experience than me, for sure,” says Sink. “Oh yes, I think so,” replies Jupe. “How many lines?” asks Sink. “Quite a few, actually,” he reports. “More than 10!”

If Jupe wanted to flex, he could say in all truth that he played Hamlet when he was only 19. That was two summers ago, when he stood on the stage in a replica of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre and asked “To be or not to be?” in Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-nominated adaptation of Hamnet.

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