Richard Linklater’s film adaptation of “Merrily We Roll Along” is merrily rolling again, with “Aftersun” and “Normal People” star Paul Mescal stepping into the lead role of Broadway composer Franklin Shepard, replacing original star Blake Jenner.
Mescal joins Ben Platt, who plays Franklin’s creative partner and lyricist Charley, and Beanie Feldstein, playing the duo’s good friend, theater critic Mary. The story tracks the trio’s disintegrating friendship as Franklin abandons Charley and Mary to become a successful Hollywood film producer — the twist is that the story is told in reverse chronological order, starting with Mary castigating Franklin as a sell-out and ending 20 years earlier with the characters as fresh-faced hopefuls.
“I first saw, and fell in love with ‘Merrily’ in the ’80s and I can’t think of a better place to spend the next 20 years than in the world of a Sondheim musical,” Linklater at the time. “I don’t enter this multi-year experience lightly, but it seems the best, perhaps the only way, to do this story justice on film.”in an Instagram post to physically and emotionally abusing a former partner; Jenner did not name her, but in late 2019, his ex-wife, actor Melissa Benoist, posted a video to Instagram in which she said she is a survivor of domestic violence.
Mescal’s star exploded in 2020 when he appeared opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones in the Hulu limited series “Normal People,” adapted from Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel. His performance as a young father in 2022’s indie feature “Aftersun” has earned him wide acclaim and awards season buzz.
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