Irish Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mescal said he confronted a female fan who groped him outside the theatre where he was performing.
“I remember tensing up and feeling just, like, fury. I turned to her and said, ‘What’re you doing? Take your hand off my ass’.”
He said “the last thing” he wanted to do was “call somebody out in front of the theatre – it’s uncomfortable for everyone involved – but it was really not OK. It was so gross, creepy”. Mescal, who is 27, went on to describe his experience of fame and said: “97 per cent of it is really nice – then 3 per cent is somebody, like, grabbing your ass.”It comes amid growing reports of rowdy and abusive behaviour from audiences, with the UK’s largest theatre operator Ambassador Theatre Group working with producers to temper any ad campaigns that could encourage bad behaviour.
Popular shows will be encouraged to avoid phrases such as “best party in town” and “dancing in the aisles” after reports of rowdy and abusive behaviour.
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