Don't set off into the woods or head to the city for work if you haven't read or watched "Hamnet." Spoilers ahead!

Is "Hamnet" based on a true story? Truthfully, it's complicated, and the answer is "sort of, maybe!" Allow me to explain. Helmed by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao and based on an acclaimed, best-selling novel by Maggie O'Farrell ( who co-wrote the script with Zhao ) — "Hamnet" tells us that the names Hamnet and Hamlet are interchangeable ... so that should give you a pretty big clue right off the bat. Though we don't learn the name of Paul Mescal's tutor and aspiring writer right away as he romances a wild young woman named Agnes (the incomparable Jessie Buckley), we ultimately discover that he's none other than William Shakespeare.

So why is this so complicated? Obv

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