India, Oct. 8 -- Andrew Scott's portrayal of actor Ian Charleson's final months has opened the 2026 London Film Festival, with Elsinore revisiting the real-life story of an artist who continued performing Hamlet while dying from AIDS.
Andrew Scott plays Ian Charleson
Directed by Simon Stone and written by Stephen Beresford, Elsinore is set in London in the late 1980s, when the AIDS epidemic was devastating the city's gay community. Scott plays Charleson, who had earned acclaim for his role in the 1981 Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire.
The film follows Charleson as he takes over the role of Hamlet at the National Theatre after Daniel Day-Lewis leaves the production. Charleson reveals his AIDS diagnosis to the play's director while preparing...