Michelle Williams on Making Manchester by the Sea

In her Golden Globes acceptance speech earlier this week – a brilliantly eloquent lambasting of Donald Trump and celebration of Hollywood’s diversity – Meryl Streep spoke of “the privilege and the responsibility of the act of empathy”, stressing that the role of the actor is to “enter the lives of people who are different from us and let [the audience] feel what that feels like.” Fittingly, this week also marks the release of acclaimed writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s latest offering,…