Paul Mescal heartbreakingly leads another A24 drama. The NORMAL PEOPLE breakout star appears in both GOD’S CREATURES and AFTERSUN two films set to be distributed by A24. Mescal plays a father adrift on a holiday alongside his 11-year-old daughter Sophie (Francesca Corio) in Turkey in the late 1990s. A present-day Sophie (Celia Rowlson-Hall) reflects over 20 years later on the tense trip with her father.
A24 has released the first official trailer for its upcoming psychological thriller GOD’S CREATURES starring Paul Mescal and Emily Watson. The film, which debuted in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, is directed by Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer (The Fits). Set in a windswept fishing village, the film follows a mother who is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic. Irish actress Aisling Franciosi also stars.
Actor Paul Mescal’s new movie AFTERSUN is set to open the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film, by Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells, debuted at Cannes’ Critics’ Week garnering rave reviews and won the French Touch jury prize. It stars NORMAL PEOPLE actor Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio as a young father and his 11-year-old daughter who are on holiday at a resort in Turkey in the late 1990s.
The actor is at the 75th edition of the prestigious festival to premiere two sweeping dramas in which he has complex leading roles. The first is Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s GOD’S CREATURES, a gripping thriller set on the Irish coast following a mysterious man who is accused of a terrible crime that his devoted mother can’t possibly imagine him committing. The second is Charlotte Wells’s delicate, touching AFTERSUN, in which he’s cast as a divorcé on a summer holiday in Turkey with his young daughter. Both films have been met with rave reviews, particularly for Mescal’s measured, nuanced performances.
Maynooth hearthrob, Paul Mescal, shines as Will in the new Netflix release, THE LOST DAUGHTER. Based on the novel by Elena Ferrante, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s opening gambit as a writer-director is a brave charge at source material defined by flashbacks and interweaving subplots.
Paul Mescal (NORMAL PEOPLE) will reportedly join Josh O’Connor (THE CROWN) to play Lionel and David in THE HISTORY OF SOUND, based on the award-winning story of the same name. The story follows two men who set out to record the experiences of their countrymen during WWI.
The popular drama, set in Ireland and based on a novel of the same name by Sally Rooney, is nominated in the director, editing, sound, and photography and lighting categories for a fictional television show. Paul Mescal has been nominated in the leading actor category for his performance as Connell, and Daisy Edgar-Jones is nominated for leading actress for her role as Marianne.
Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones have been nominated for Critics’ Choice Awards. The rising stars were both nominated in the Best Actor/Best Actress Limited Series categories, for their fantastic performances in NORMAL PEOPLE.