It's his first ever TV role, having performed on stage throughout his career, but the young actor seems to have a knack for nailing things on first try Straight away I was like, ‘Ah, I kind of know who this guy is a little bit,’” Mescal explains. Not many people get to skip their final exams because they've already aced a graduate's hardest test, getting a job, but Mescal is modest about his achievements. She said she watched Normal People after reading Sally Rooney’s novel and was all a-flutter when Paul followed her on Instagram.The actor, 24, and LA-based musician, 25, were spotted at a brunch spot in Kinsale, County Cork, on Thursday morning.Paul flew into Kinsale earlier this week and has been staying at a local hotel (we know this because the hotel’s manager only went and got a photo with him – oh, the power of the internet).They had a 25-minute virtual chat from different continents watched by more than 44,000 people.Phoebe Bridgers really flew all the way to Ireland to go on a date with Paul Mescal Iâm….Paul went on: ‘It was kind of fun at the start — “Oh, this is mad, people think that Connell’s sexy” — and then a weird thing has kind of crept in where, when people DM, there’s this feeling that maybe there’s an anticipation that I’m him.‘I got a little pitter-patter in my heart when I saw,’ she admitted.paul mescal and phoebe bridgers why do i feel like iâve been cheated onThe cafe tweeted: ‘Fan- Tas- Tic day thanks to @mescal_paul and @phoebe_bridgers for calling to our café this morning for breakfast. “The minor identity crisis that he has in terms of how he perceives himself in the world and versus what he actually wants to do is also something that I definitely related to. “I was late to playing to drama schools, because I thought that I was going to be going to do law and arts, or something, and play football. “I think I've been really lucky in that the projects that I've got have been going at times when a) I've been available and b) people have trusted me to do the job for them,” he insists, sheepishly looking down at the floor over a Zoom call.
I think maybe what’s sexy about Connell is he’s kind of classic back-footed, aloof, smart. It probably helped that he was also on track to be a Gaelic football player, until he decided to give acting a go and applied to The Lir Academy at the same university as his character attends, Trinity College Dublin. There’s a long silence, before he erupts with laughter. 954k Followers, 654 Following, 87 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Paul Mescal (@paul.mescal)
I've always said that he's a far smarter individual than I am. “Um, ask me in two months time.”“It kind of blew my mind a little bit. That's always difficult to face.”Paul Mescal hit the jackpot in landing the lead role in BBC's adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People. Such amazing talented young people.’Look I am handling the news that Paul Mescal is going out with Phoebe Bridgers really well, but if everyone could just leave me alone for the next 48 hours that would be greatWhen news got out that the pair had a late breakfast together in the same country, fans went into full-on speculation meltdown.Phoebe then sent Paul her new album, Punisher, aaaand before she knew it she was interviewing him via Instagram Live for his first cover feature with a fashion magazine.‘I’m not trying to be full of faux humility but it’s a weird thing when people are very quickly attracted to a character you play,’ he said on the Grand Mam podcast in May.And it appears Phoebe flew into Ireland too to see the actor after they struck up a friendship online.One wrote: ‘Look I am handling the news that Paul Mescal is going out with Phoebe Bridgers really well, but if everyone could just leave me alone for the next 48 hours that would be great.’‘And I think that’s the thing I’m focusing on.
He, like the rest of the UK, now finds himself cooped up inside for the foreseeable future, only lockdown has come at quite a pivotal moment in his career. I’m not Connell, I’m totally different to him. If the response to Sally Rooney’s original novel is anything to go by – the kind of response that has seen her lauded as one of the greatest writers of her generation – the TV adaptation, of which Mescal is the star, is set to be huge.
I’m definitely not back-footed or aloof.’in fairness to phoebe bridgers, i would also fly to ireland for paul mescalAnother added: ‘Phoebe Bridgers really flew all the way to Ireland to go on a date with Paul Mescal…’
It's impressive stuff. In that sense, I kind of got some aspects of Connell for free, as I didn't have to overly imagine the circumstances from which he came from or where he was going,” he continues. But then also there's a challenge in terms of things we don't match up with, such as he studied English.