Paul Mescal knows how to score a free vacation. Since breaking out in 2020 on Hulu miniseries NORMAL PEOPLE the Irish actor has collected passport stamps from some of the most idyllic places on Earth, shooting movies in Australia (CARMEN), Greece (THE LOST DAUGHTER) and Turkey (AFTERSUN). “That’s part of the grand plan: just to put myself in films that are in parts of the world I’ve never been before,” Mescal jokes in a recent interview. “And hopefully they turn out to be good!” His globetrotting scheme paid off with AFTERSUN (in theaters nationwide), one of the year’s most critically acclaimed films with 97% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.