Anne Hathaway might have been off the grid for a while, but she’s back — and since “Ocean’s 8” hit theaters, she’s become a huge topic of conversation. But now fans are buzzing about her for a different reason, and it all has to do with William Shakespeare.
As Twitter user @PEACHYBLACKG0RL pointed out, there are more than a few connections between Hathaway and Shakespeare, and now, her tweet is going viral with more than 160,000 retweets and growing.
“Anne Hathaway is being talked about for her beauty but what about the fact that her husband looks very similar to William Shakespeare and William Shakespeare’s wife’s name was ANNE HATHAWAY……” the tweet read.
—🧚🏾♀️ (@PEACHYBLACKG0RL) July 1, 2018
Strangely enough, this is all true. There aren’t any actual photographs of Shakespeare, but the artwork that does exist showing what he looked like is very similar to Hathaway’s real-life husband, Adam Shulman. And as for Shakespeare’s wife herself? She was named Anne Hathaway. Spooky, right?
Maybe not. According to a 2008 article in The Telegraph, Hathaway was purposefully named after Shakespeare’s wife, but the actress herself has yet to confirm that fact — and it still doesn’t explain why her husband looks so much like a poet.
And of course, plenty of people have turned to Twitter to share how much their minds have been blown because of this connection.
—the_checkmate (@4mat3ur) July 1, 2018
—✨ (@____izzycocaine) July 1, 2018
—nathan (@NathanDuarte_) July 2, 2018
So what’s the deal with Hathaway and Shulman? Are they time travelers, or is this all just one big coincidence? Either way, it’s pretty cool that she and the legendary poet (and his wife) share these similarities.
