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Mescal in THE HISTORY OF SOUND

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NORMAL PEOPLE BAFTA winner Paul Mescal will star in same-sex romance THE HISTORY OF SOUND. an Oliver Hermanus-directed adaptation of an award-winning short story. Principal photography began in summer 2022, predominantly in the U.S. and on location in the U.K. and Italy with Mescal joining THE CROWN star and recent Emmy winner Josh O’Connor. The film focuses on two young men who set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American compatriots who travelled to Europe to fight in World War I.

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ALL OF US STRANGERS now on Prime

All of Us Strangers

The Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal drama ALL OF US STRANGERS is now available to watch from home on Amazon Prime. A poignant story about love, family and the ghosts of our past. When Adam connects with a mysterious neighbor, it stirs up things he had long blocked out. Soon, he’s pulled back to his childhood home, where his parents appear to be living, 30 years after they died. 

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Paul Mescal to star in HAMNET

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In an interview with Vogue U.K., Academy award nominee Paul Mescal says he is set to play William Shakespeare in the upcoming film adaptation of Lolita Chakrabarti’s newest work, HAMNET. The work, described as “a love letter to passion, birth, grief, and the magic of nature,” is based on Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel of the same name, which explores the personal life of Shakespeare and his wife after they suffer the loss of their 11-year-old son to the plague. Directed by Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao, Mescal also states that the film adaptation will co-star Jessie Buckley, recently seen in the West End as Sally Bowles in CABARET, for which she received an Olivier.

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Mescal in JAMES BOND talks

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NORMAL PEOPLE actor Paul Mescal is in talks to play James Bond in the next film, as the next movie in the spy franchise will star two 007s — one younger and one older. Paul shot to fame in 2020 playing GAA player Connell alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones in RTE and BBC romantic drama NORMAL PEOPLE. The Maynooth native was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards this year for his role in tear-jerker AFTERSUN. Mescal is set for a hot 2024 with the release of his next project, ALL OF US STRANGERS.

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Paul Mescal on Jimmy Kimmel

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During his latest appearance on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Paul talks about being at the Oscars with his parents, discovering seat fillers are a thing, staying up all night, being in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in London, his new movie ALL OF US STRANGERS, doing a love scene with Andrew Scott, and Jimmy’s dad cornering Paul backstage to ask him a lot of questions about Ireland.

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Mescal’s 10 Best Performances

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In the last three years, Paul Mescal has become one of the greatest new actors to watch for. Before NORMAL PEOPLE, the actor was a complete unknown, and only three years later, he’s already been nominated for an Emmy, a BAFTA, and an Academy Award, and has become a critics’ darling, as he keeps choosing to do indie films, where characters are much more important than action. Discover his Top 10 performances below.

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AFTERSUN leads Scottish BAFTAs

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Irish actor Paul Mescal has been nominated by Bafta Scotland awards for AFTERSUN. The directorial debut from Scottish director Charlotte Wells received five nominations including best film and best writer. Mescal and Corio are among nine first-time Bafta Scotland nominees, with 13-year-old Corio being the youngest person ever to be nominated for the awards.

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