Paul Mescal interview: ‘When the crash hit.. I was like: why don’t I just try and become an actor' (via IrishTimesCultr)
“Yeah. I can die happy,” he says. “Look at that club. I mean, like... my dad showed me that. And what can I say about that, only that it is crazy. It’s f***ing mad. It is so cool.”
“I think that is inarguable. Movie stardom is different to fame. It is completely relevant to the work. I have become quite friendly with Brendan [Gleeson] and Colin [Farrell] and Billy Nighy. And then there are people... like, I cannot wait to justMichelle Williams. You know, like film stars. Of course, they are famous. But they are film stars! I just think that is so impressive and it takes so much work to achieve that status.
After Normal People, Mescal signed on for three distinctly different and offbeat film projects: Carmen, God’s Creatures and Aftersun. On January 9th of this year, it was announced that he would play the lead in Ridley Scott’s sequel to Gladiator. The original, in 2000, stands as a behemoth of Hollywood’s roaring years: a $460 million box office, 12 Academy Award nominations and five wins.
All stars come from somewhere. Mescal’s upbringing in Maynooth was happy and conventional. For much of his adolescence, his trajectory looked to be fixed on the Gaelic fields: he played minor football for Kildare for two years and represented the county at under-21 level. A role in the school production of Phantom of the Opera blew his mind: the rush of adrenaline prompted him to chase acting for life.
It’s a dark film with vivid performances and a deeply moral message. And it’s the first time Mescal has depicted a dislikable character: a ruined doe-eyed man-child. God’s Creatures was the first script he remembers reading after completing Normal People.
“I remember playing Connell and it acted like a warning shot to me. Because I remember thinking: I’ve got to start looking after myself because I don’t feel that far away from what Connell was expressing sometimes. And what a privilege to get to figure that out and work and be like, oh, cop on to yourself here and start talking to someone. Brian is a different kettle of fish, in a different era.
But he stepped through the veil and never looked back. There’s a sort of fearlessness to him. Where will it take him?
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