Paul Mescal has become both an Internet boyfriend and an Oscar nominee within just four years of making his cinematic debut.
The Irish actor first appeared in one episode of the 2019 TV series “Bump” before landing the star-making limited series “Normal People” based on Sally Rooney’s novel. Mescal played high school jock turned brooding university student Connell, who at once wooed and waited on classmate Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones). While memes of Mescal-as-Connell’s chain necklace went viral at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic (and Mescal landed an Emmy nomination), the actor made cameos in Rolling Stones and Phoebe Bridgers’ music videos before an explosive 2022 with three features, one landing him an Academy Award nomination.
“A lot of eyes were on [‘Normal People’] in a concentrated period of time,” Mescal told IndieWire’s Anne Thompson in 2020. “As a result, the fan response on social media, which was vast and immediate,
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The Irish actor first appeared in one episode of the 2019 TV series “Bump” before landing the star-making limited series “Normal People” based on Sally Rooney’s novel. Mescal played high school jock turned brooding university student Connell, who at once wooed and waited on classmate Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones). While memes of Mescal-as-Connell’s chain necklace went viral at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic (and Mescal landed an Emmy nomination), the actor made cameos in Rolling Stones and Phoebe Bridgers’ music videos before an explosive 2022 with three features, one landing him an Academy Award nomination.
“A lot of eyes were on [‘Normal People’] in a concentrated period of time,” Mescal told IndieWire’s Anne Thompson in 2020. “As a result, the fan response on social media, which was vast and immediate,