Ben Whishaw, Peter Hujar and Ira Sachs

Director Ira Sachs & Stars Rebecca Hall and Ben Whishaw on ‘Peter Hujar's Day' | THR Studio at Park City
Peter Hujar’s Day director Ira Sachs and stars Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall stop by THR’s studio in Park City to talk all about their new film.
Ben Whishaw and Ira Sachs Know ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Could Have Been ‘Sort of Pretentious’ | Video
Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Ira Sachs discuss "Peter Hujar's Day" with TheWrap at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Ben Whishaw on the biggest challenge of playing gay photographer Peter Hujar in new movie
Ben Whishaw had 55 pages of dialogue to learn for his new movie while his co-lead, Rebecca Hall had just three. The film, Peter Hujar’s Day, is about the celebrated gay photographer of the same name. Whishaw plays the role of Hujar, who died in 1987 of AIDS-related illness.
“In a Way This Film Asks, What is Lost by the Virtual?” Ira Sachs on his Sundance-Premiering Peter Hujar’s Day
Below, I spoke to Sachs about his approach to adapting Rosenkrantz’s slim tome, what his film has to say about the artist’s life in the 1970s and now, and the classic independent short films that influenced the making of Peter Hujar’s Day.
Ira Sachs on Getting Dumped by His Manager, Working With Ben Whishaw and His Intimate Sundance Drama ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’
Ira Sachs discusses his collaboration with Ben Whishaw,, getting fired by his manager and his new Sundance drama 'Peter Hujar's Day'
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ben Whishaw & Rebecca Hall Get Lost In Ira Sachs’ Cinematic Exercise [Sundance]
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall portray Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz in Ira Sach's latest Sundance premiere, 'Peter Hujar's Day'
Why Ben Whishaw had 55 pages of dialogue to memorize in new movie while co-lead Rebecca Hall had only 3
In "Peter Hujar's Day," which had its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the bulk of the speaking falls to Whishaw.
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