20 Questions On Deadline Podcast: Paul Mescal Talks Singing & Dancing In ‘Carmen’, ‘Strangers’ & Playing Saoirse Ronan’s Husband In ‘Foe’
deadline.comThis week’s 20 Questions on Deadline guest is Paul Mescal. In a chat including his biggest inspiration, the first movie he ever saw, and how he’s stayed sane since he was catapulted to major fame by Hulu series Normal People, Mescal also recalls how his early years working at a truckstop taught him to make a “decent hangover breakfast sandwich”.
This year, Mescal has three projects out. In the Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer-directed film God’s Creatures, he plays a young man accused of sexual assault, whose mother (Emily Watson) lies to protect him.
He also has Aftersun, from Charlotte Wells. Mescal plays Calum, a young dad on vacation with his 11-year-old daughter Sophie, played by newcomer Frankie Corio.
Mescal muses about the pain Calum internalizes, a hard-to-define kind of disconnection and sense of loss. Then he has the musical film Carmen, which debuted at TIFF, directed by Benjamin Millepied.
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