Irish actor Paul Mescal has been nominated by Bafta Scotland awards for AFTERSUN. The directorial debut from Scottish director Charlotte Wells received five nominations including best film and best writer. Mescal and Corio are among nine first-time Bafta Scotland nominees, with 13-year-old Corio being the youngest person ever to be nominated for the awards.
The first trailer for ALL OF US STRANGERS, starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott, has been released. From director Andrew Haigh, and in theatres December 22nd, Adam (Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
Based on the 2018 novel by Ian Reid, FOE is described as a psychological thriller and horror fiction set against a science fiction backdrop. In theatres October 6, the film is directed by Australian filmmaker Garth Davis, who co-wrote the script with Iain Reid, the novel’s author. Aaron Pierre, from 2020’s dramatization of Colson Whitehead’s THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, also stars. Mescal and Ronan play Junior and Henrietta, a young married couple in the not-too-distant future where severe climate change and fires have ruined the landscape.
Paul Mescal has his Olivier award winning role in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE to thank for his career-high role in GLADIATOR 2. For legendary director Ridley Scott’s sequel, Mescal will step into the sandals of the adult Lucius Verus, son of Connie Nielsen’s character Lucilla and nephew of the villainous Roman Emperor Commodus. Gladiator 2 also stars Barry Keoghan and is set to hit cinemas on November 22, 2024.
Two of Ireland’s leading talents, Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, teamed up last year to shoot the science fiction thriller FOE which will likely release this fall, according to World of Reel, which also reported on a test screening of the flick. stars Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan as a couple living out in the middle of a desert-like area.
AFTERSUN leading man, Paul Mescal, is undoubtedly one of the most in-demand actors right now. Among his upcoming films, Mescal will be starring in THE HISTORY OF SOUND alongside him THE CROWN star Josh O’Connor. The story follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), who during World War I, begins to record the voices and music of American countrymen. Throughout their journey, they will start having feelings for each other.
Irish actor Paul Mescal, best known for his breakout role in the critically-acclaimed BBC and Hulu series NORMAL PEOPLE, is rumored to have been offered the role of Johnny Storm in Marvel’s FANTASTIC FOUR reboot. While the rumors about Paul Mescal potentially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe are exciting, the actor is currently focused on another project. He is set to star in the upcoming GLADIATOR sequel, which is currently in pre-production. The original film, released in 2000, starred Russell Crowe and was a massive critical and commercial success, winning five Oscars, including Best Picture.
Paul Mescal makes his debut as a recording artist on the soundtrack for CARMEN, which stars the actor and Melissa Barrera in an update of the classic Georges Bizet opera. In a clip from the Benjamin Millepied-directed film, Mescal delivers the track — one of the original songs co-written by Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell — on acoustic guitar. CARMEN is in theaters in Los Angeles and New York this weekend, while the soundtrack has a wider release (a.k.a. streaming everywhere) now.