With his poignant portrayal of a young dad in Aftersun, the Oscar-nominated star is joining Hollywood’s big leagues.
, Paul Mescal has been an object of the Internet’s unwavering desire. Audiences who were first introduced to the Irish actor as the brooding dreamboat Connell opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones’s Marianne in the television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel, still equate the man with the heartthrob they saw on screen. But in the past year, a pair of critically acclaimed A24 films—the anxiety-inducing thriller—have put at least a little distance between Mescal and the steamy series that made him famous.
I probably should have been more nervous, given the conversations that have followed the film coming out. But I wasn’t, because I think the whole point of it is that he is a young man as well as a very young father. He’s mistaken as Sophie’s brother rather than being her dad. I’m not used to seeing that on screen. [Being young myself ended up] a way into feeling like I could do it.
Hair for portfolio by Anthony Turner at Streeters; makeup for portfolio by Lucia Pica for Byredo at Art Partner. Senior style editor Allia Alliata di Montereale; senior fashion market editor Jenna Wojciechowski. Manicure for portfolio by Michelle Saunders. Set Design by Gille Mills at 11th House. Produced by Connect the Dots; executive producer: Wes Olson; producer: Zack Higginbottom; production manager: Nicole Morra; photo assistants: Cecilia Byrne, Jack Buster, David Gurzhiev; retouching: Simon Thistle; fashion assistants: Julia McClatchy, Tori López, Jacqueline Chen, India Reed, Nycole Sariol, Derek Ezra Brown, Karla Garcia, Rosa Schorr; production assistants: Khari Cousins, Tchad Cousins, Kelsey Swope Romero, Mateo Calvo, Juan Calvo, Rayon Pollard, Gina York, Peter Ditzler,...
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