Paul Mescal has become an Irish heartthrob with his charming looks, demurred presence, and stellar body of work. Recently, he starred with Andrew Scott in a gay drama titled ‘All Of Us Strangers’. He broke out as a rising star in the Amazon miniseries ‘Normal People’.
Paul Mescal is also an Oscar nominee for his indie film ‘Aftersun’. While the star is on the rise to superstardom, his next feature film is making him anxious. Paul will be starring with an illustrious cast of industry stalwarts in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’. The role will surely shoot him to superstardom, but Mescal is depressed about the attention he might get.
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Paul Mescal Is Anxious About Getting Famous Post The Success Of ‘Gladiator 2’
After the lull of ‘Napoleon’, Ridley Scott will be back with another period drama with the sequel to the 2000 Russell Crowe-starrer Gladiator’.
The film stars Crowe as Maximus, who gets dethroned by Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus. To avenge the killings of his wife and child, Maximus uses his military training and tactics to defeat one of the most lethal gladiators.
‘Gladiator’ changed the life of Russell Crowe as he won the Oscar for ‘Best Actor’. Now, Paul Mescal is headlining Ridley Scott’s directorial, and the actor is already anxious.
During an interview with The Times UK, Paul Mescal was asked about the stardom that he will attain after the success of ‘Gladiator 2’. He said, “Maybe that’s naive? Is it just that more people will stop you in the street? I’d get profoundly depressed if that’s so and hope it isn’t true.”
The ‘Aftersun’ actor added, “I’ll have an answer next year, but if [the film] impacts my life in that way, I’ll be in a bad spot. I’d have to move on and do an obtuse play nobody wants to see.”
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The Actor Finds ‘Content’ A Filthy Word
Paul Mescal has worked hard to be in the position where he is currently. However, there has been a growing trend to cast an influencer in a film to gain more clout. Paul is against that, and it surprises him how a person can bag a role in a film due to their number of Instagram followers. Also, he loathes the word content being used to describe cinema made out of hard work.
In the same interview, Paul Mescal said, “Over the last few years people have been talking about films and TV shows as content. That’s a filthy word. It’s not ‘content’, it’s fucking work.”
Paul Mescal added, “I’m not being snobby, but there are two concurrent industries. One that works with a lack of care and artistic integrity. Go nuts, make stuff with Instagram followers as a factor, whatever…”
The actor continued, “But the other is what’s always been there, the craft of film-making, directing, lighting and production design. That keeps artists alive. And audiences want to be challenged.”
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