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Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri's recent photo is causing a stir online. Their cute selfie, in which the actors are seen getting close, was recently shared by Ayo on Instagram Stories to mark St Patrick’s Day. The two sat together on a staircase as Ayo wrapped her arms around Paul’s shoulder. Also read | The Bear's Ayo Edebiri acknowledges past jokes at Jennifer Lopez's expense: ‘It’s wrong to run your mouth…' Ayo Edebiri and Paul Mescal's selfie together (left) celebrating St Patrick's Day created buzz around their…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePaul Mescal has revealed his slightly specific “ick”, which many fans have found to be very relatable. The 27-year old Normal People star is currently promoting his new film, All of Us Strangers, alongside fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott, 47. The film is based on the 1987 novel Strangers, by Taichi Yamada, and follows Adam (Scott), a writer who lives outside of London in a nearly…

Paul Mescal will star as the young William Shakespeare in a big-screen version of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao.The film will be scripted by Chiara Atik, adapting Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage play, which has played to sold-out runs in Stratford-upon-Avon and the West End.Mescal will appear alongside Jessie Buckley as Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, called Agnes in the book, which explores the loss of their 11-year-old son to the plague.Speaking to Vogue to promote his current film, All of Us…

Paul Mescal has opened up on the "blind panic" he felt before filming began on All of Us Strangers.The film follows Adam (Andrew Scott), who develops a relationship with a neighbour played by the Normal People star.The Irish actor, 27, described the script as "one of the most beautiful" he had ever read as he spoke to reporters on the red carpet at the film's London gala screening.Mescal said: "The work becomes a hell of a lot easier when you're working with actors like Andrew and directors like Andrew Haigh." Paul…

Andrew Haigh’s mysterious, beautiful and sentimental film is a fantasy-supernatural romance about loneliness and love. It concerns the climacteric of middle age when you realise you are probably nearer to death than birth, there is no guarantee that you will live your life inside a relationship and your parents were ordinary, vulnerable people – just like you.All of Us Strangers is adapted by Haigh from the Japanese novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, translated into English by Wayne Lammers (already filmed in Japanese),…

Paul Mescal's star has risen bright and hot the past few years, following his BAFTA-winning breakout role as Connell Waldron one of Hulu's best series Normal People. Since then, the Irish actor has become a Hollywood regular with acclaimed turns in the father-daughter drama Aftersun (for which he scored his first Oscar nomination), the A Streetcar Named Desire stage revival, which reportedly helped him land his role in Gladiator 2, and, most recently, as Andrew Scott's love interest in the impactful 2023 film All of Us…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePaul Mescal has said he’ll be “profoundly depressed” if Gladiator 2 makes him globally famous, as the release date for Ridley Scott’s epic approaches. The original 2000 film about a Roman general, Maximus Decimus Meridius, who ends up in slavery after the murder of emperor Marcus Aurelius, became a global hit and raised the profile of its lead Russell Crowe.Crowe, now 59, won an Oscar…

Connell from Normal People endeared many fans to Paul Mescal. However, his performance in Aftersun transformed him from a rising star to someone with a powerful screen presence. Aftersun and Normal People are only two of the captivating Paul Mescal movies and TV shows. Fans can rely on the Irish actor to give layered performances. He excels at showcasing the technicolored nature of life and humanity. In a few short years, basically, I have become a Paul Mescal movies and TV shows expert. I have seen his entire…

If you are experiencing feelings of distress and isolation, or are struggling to cope, The Samaritans offer support; you can speak to someone for free over the phone, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email [email protected], or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch.Paul Mescal hopes that he does not become even more famous than he is after the release of his upcoming film, Gladiator 2.The 27-year-old Irish actor, who is taking on the lead role in the upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott's…

Andrew Haigh‘s All of Us Strangers has its share of mysteries and dreamscapes and detours into the mystical, but it drops a breadcrumb morsel of a clue to viewers early on. You don’t know it on a first viewing — and this is the sort of rich, layered, remarkable work of art that requires more than a few — yet the detail that the filmmaker momentarily fixates on is telling. Adam (Andrew Scott) is a screenwriter, struggling to start work on a project. He alternates between staring at a blank page and lounging on his couch,…