Paul Mescal

After Paul Mescal was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in Aftersun, his younger sister Nell shared a photo of the moment their family found out on ...

[Click here to check out](https://www.eonline.com/news/austin_butler) all the biggest snubs and surprises from the 2023 Oscar nominations. "This is truly a special moment for everyone involved in Aftersun," Paul said. "My mum got a haircut today in prep for her chemotherapy," the 19-year-old shared. [Nell tweeted a screenshot](https://twitter.com/nellmescal_/status/1617887307620810752) of the family FaceTiming following the Jan. As for the rest of the fam? This is bananas, thank you!"

Oscar Nominee Paul Mescal Transfers Acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire Into The West End.

The success of A Streetcar Named Desire is a creative triumph for Rebecca Frecknall, its director. “I don’t want to make movies liked Aftersun for the rest of my life. His rugged good looks wrapped in a rugby player’s physique are combined with a quicksilver ability to inhabit any kind of part. When news broke of Mescal’s nomination, the Almeida’s box office manager reported a tsunami of calls and emails such was the demand for tickets. The Phoenix holds 1,012 seats. [Paul Mescal](https://deadline.com/tag/paul-mescal/)’s Irish eyes are smiling, and doing a jig as well.

After his nomination was announced, Mescal's sister, singer-songwriter Nell Mescal, posted a screenshot of her family's reaction on Twitter. In the photo, you ...

Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.” This afternoon, they proved as much with their heartwarming reaction to the Irish actor’s first [Oscar nomination](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a42635712/oscars-2023-nominees-snubs-surprises/). Aftersun debuted on October 21 to rave reviews. Per the synopsis, “Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy for a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. “This is truly a special moment for everyone involved in Aftersun,” he wrote. [Normal People](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a29639797/normal-people-tv-adaptation-bbc-hulu-sally-rooney-details/), as well as his supporting role in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s psychological drama, The Lost Daughter.

Paul Mescal, seen here in London in 2022, received his first Academy Award nomination for his role in "Aftersun." David M. Benett/Getty Images.

After starring in a number of theater plays in the UK, Mescal hit the lottery with his first mainstream role in “Normal People,” putting him on the fast track to international stardom. Everyone from Gen Z to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voting body – and those in between – have taken notice. He began his acting training at The Lir Academy in Dublin. He also earned a Critics Choice Award nomination and won a BAFTA TV Award. “Aftersun” marked Mescal’s first major film role. [“Normal People,”](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/opinions/watching-normal-people-in-abnormal-times-spivey-caddell/index.html) in which he starred alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, that put Mescal on the map.

Normal People's Paul Mescal has responded to being nominated for his first-ever Oscar, after he received the nod for his role in Aftersun.

It was kind of moving against the trope that we normally see with single dads." "It's refreshing to see separated parents when neither is an antagonist. "I remember reading the script and seeing that Calum and Sophie’s mum had a natural rapport, that there's genuine care between them and I think that it is a positive position to put your child. To be recognised by the Academy is such an insane honour and I'm so utterly grateful. This is bananas, thank you!" [Normal People](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32298343/normal-people-season-2-release-date/)'s Paul Mescal has responded to [being nominated](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/oscars/a42621296/oscar-2023-nominations-academy-awards-full-list/) for his first-ever [Oscar](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/oscars/), after he received the nod for his role in [Aftersun](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a42001955/aftersun-review-how-to-watch/).

Everyone is rightly talking about the 'Aftersun' star's Best Actor nomination, but this year's Oscars are also defined by comeback stories and first-timers, ...

And then the comeback stories: The Whale’s Brendan Fraser; Everything Everywhere’s Ke Huy Quan, a child actor from The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Short Round!) whose career cruelly sputtered just as he hit adolescence. Inexplicable first-time nominees like Colin Farrell (Inisherin), Bill Nighy (Living), Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh (both of Everything Everywhere). Aftersun and Women Talking warranted wider showings – particularly Charlotte Wells and Sarah Polley in the ultimately all-male Best Director category – while the absence of Till’s Danielle Deadwyler in Best Actress and Top Gun: Maverick’s Tom Cruise in Best Actor is perplexing. Especially in a shock nod based on a few weeks of furious campaigning by her A-list pals. How did Angela Bassett become Marvel’s first ever Oscar nominee – for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – long after everyone gave up begging the Academy to recognise the MCU? That movie, Charlotte Wells’s haunting father-daughter drama Aftersun, has now earned him a Best Actor nod – a reward for the laser-focused thoughtfulness that has gone into his trajectory so far.

Academy award nominee, Paul Mescal, is set to lead the upcoming sequel. gladiator-russell-crowe-social-featured Image via Universal Pictures.

Mescal would lead the film as Lucius Versus, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus. West End's Phoenix Theater contains 1,012 seats, with Adam Speers, the executive in charge of productions at the Ambassador Theatre Group, telling Deadline that the run of A Streetcar Named Desire in the theater will be incredible. Deadline notes that the Almeida’s box office manager saw a "tsunami" of demands for tickets to the show following the announcement of Mescal's nomination.

The upcoming production of Gladiator 2 has moved a little further into the summer, but that 2024 release date still seems intact.

[now earned a Best Actor nod from the Academy](https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/full-list-of-oscars-2023-nominees-announced/) for the former, not to mention that Broadway turn. At the moment, Paramount has nothing huge locked in for either spot in its release slate and a couple of weeks’ delay in shooting shouldn’t make too much of a difference to its plans going forward. Whilst nothing has yet been confirmed, a late 2024 release date for the film itself is still on the cards, although the project is probably aiming for a summer 2025 release more realistically.

Normal People star Paul Mescal is up for a Best Actor award at the 2023 Oscars – but here's why the news was bittersweet for the actor.

[The actress received a Best Supporting Actress nod](https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20230124162396/2023-oscars-nominations-live/) for her incredible performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once alongside Angela Bassett, Kerry Condon, Hong Chau, and Stephanie Hsu. wrote one follower, and: "Nell I’m so happy I feel like a family member," added another. "That will be a tonic for your mum, to see her son shine.

Critically acclaimed and now boasting an Oscar nominee, the Almeida's Tennessee Williams production will move to the Phoenix theatre this spring.

Also reprising their roles will be Anjana Vasan (as Stanley’s wife, Stella), Patsy Ferran (as Blanche DuBois) and Dwane Walcott (as Mitch). [West End](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/westend) go on sale on 1 February. [transfers to the Noël Coward theatre](https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/patriots-west-end/) in the West End in May. [cancelled](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/08/almeida-theatre-cancels-performances-of-a-streetcar-named-desire-as-actor-withdraws) when the injured Lydia Wilson withdrew from the role of Blanche. [A Streetcar Named Desire](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/13/a-streetcar-named-desire-review-almeida-london-paul-mescal), starring Oscar nominee [Paul Mescal](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/06/masculinity-can-be-expresssed-in-many-ways-paul-mescal-interview-aftersun), is to transfer to London’s West End. [best actor](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/24/oscars-2023-nominations-everything-everywhere-all-at-once) for his performance in Aftersun, plays Stanley Kowalski in the revival of Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play set in New Orleans.

It comes after Mescal was nominated for his first-ever Academy Award for best actor, for his role in the film Aftersun.

“It’s been moving to see how audiences have responded to our work and I’m excited to see how the piece will evolve in the West End.” Frecknall added: “I’m thrilled we will have the opportunity to share this production with a wider audience. “It’s my favourite play and it’s wonderful to be able to share it with a wider audience”.

Paul Mescal's post-'Normal People' return to the stage was always going to be a big deal: the entire run of Rebecca Frecknall's Almeida Theatre revival of ...

Another run in the future is possible, but really it’s safest to view this as your last, best chance to see Mescal’s borderline satanic Stanley, Ferran’s achingly fragile Stella, and Vasan’s heartbreakingly world-weary Stella. Good news! It has only become a hotter ticket since, thanks to excellent reviews and Mescal’s Academy Award nomination to his bow for his leading role in the acclaimed indie flick ‘Aftersun’.

The Oscar-nominated actor plays Stanley in the Tennessee Williams play. .... Read more at London Theatre.

Paul Mescal is currently in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre. Following performances at the Almeida, A Streetcar Named Desire then runs at the [Phoenix Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/phoenix-theatre) for six weeks, from 20 March to 29 April. “I’m incredibly excited that Streetcar is being transferred to the West End with this formidable cast and creative team, led by the exceptionally talented Rebecca Frecknall. It's a testament to this fantastic company and incredible play. Paul Mescal will reprise the role of Stanley. A Streetcar Named Desire is at the Phoenix Theatre.

This was Mescal's first major leading film role, and in order to mark the occasion, he FaceTimed his family – completed by dad Paul, mum Dearbhla, sister Nell ...

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In discussing his dream starter, the 26-year-old revealed that his mother Dearbhla goes a bit “bananas” at Christmas time.

Elephant and Castle Mescal has quite the ring to it. That's the center of the dish. The chicken wings are not the same anymore,” he says. "It has taken me a second to go back to Easy Singles and ketchup. Explaining Irish sports to the English hosts, he says: “Gaelic football — you can pick the ball up in your hands. The Irish actor andstar is the latest guest on the UK-based Off Menu podcast with Ed Gamble and James Acaster.

The Irish star is nominated alongside Colin Farrell and Austin Butler for best actor.

This is the final stage for me to start living with this cancer.” The primary school teacher said: “I have decided that I am going to cut my hair short today – as a first cut and then the next cut will be the short, short, short cut – the hospital short cut. The singer-songwriter wrote: “My mum got a haircut today in prep for her chemotherapy and then paul got nominated for an oscar life is so crazy [sic].”

Paul Mescal, who just earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Aftersun, is headed to the West End in Tennessee Williams' A Street.

She quickly learns tough lessons in the seamy underbelly of the 1940s French Quarter. [Oscar nomination](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203008/stephanie-hsu-austin-butler-more-broadway-alums-receive-2023-oscar-nominations/) for his performance in Aftersun, is headed to the West End to star as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, according to [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/01/paul-mescal-streetcar-named-desire-west-end-move-gladiator-2-pause-oscars-1235239652/). After playing the Almeida Theatre, this revival of A Streetcar Named Desire will begin performances on March 20 at the Phoenix Theatre.

Since starring in the hugely popular BBC drama Normal People way back in 2020, Paul Mescal's career has gone from strength to strength.

In late 2022, it was reported that Paul and Phoebe had got engaged, however, they never confirmed this themselves. Up until recently, Paul was in a relationship with alternative singer Phoebe Bridgers. The singer tweeted her praise for Normal People which prompted Paul to tweet back in awe: "I'm officially dead." They seemed more in love than ever and in an interview with GQ, Paul said "To have someone to lean on through such a mad, mad time has been invaluable. The actor tends to keep his private life away from the spotlight but, at the moment, it's being reported that Paul is currently single. But in addition to his career success, the heartthrob's personal life has also caught the attention of fans since he rose to fame.

Mescal would be the quiet boy at a party; the best friend who you don't realise you're in love with until he writes you a poem – and then it's dizzying.

He’s no Love Island blazing veneers-and-bronzed-pecs pin-up, or the classic “hunk” that you might have pulled from the centre of Mizz magazine or Smash Hits to stick on your bedroom wall (if – like me – you’re an older millennial). What he retains is mystery – it is his superpower. While the 26-year-old is certainly handsome – in a rugged and surprising, “hot boy next door” kind of way – he’s no Michael B Jordan or Harry Styles. He’s Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko; Christian Slater in Heathers, Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You, Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris, Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club, Ryan Gosling in Drive – even Penn Badgley in You, with less of the serial killer appeal. I was captivated by the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People during lockdown, like everybody else; it resonated in a way it might not have resonated during more “normal” times (to borrow a title). You can’t even own a bit of them.” She might, I fancy, be talking about Paul Mescal. Stuck in the spare room at home for months on end, newly single and mostly alone (save for some hefty existential angst), I allowed myself to get lost in the teen angst relationship between Connell and Marianne. But there’s a deeper and darker possibility. To stick with my slightly outdated, aged pop references: Paul Mescal has the “X factor”. His neck chain in Normal People became such a source of fascination and lust But that’s not to say he isn’t oddly compelling to watch. [Paul Mescal](/topic/paul-mescal)?

The Oscar nominations are out and there's a more unfamiliar name amidst the superstars lining up for the best acting – from Colin Farrell and Brendan Fraser ...

He caught the acting bug and won a place at the Lir Academy at Dublin’s Trinity College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2017. Broadcast during lockdown, it was one of the most talked about series of the year, with Mescal winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor along with nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. In 2022 Mescal made two other films as well as ‘Aftersun’ – psychological drama ‘God's Creatures’ and a film adaptation of the opera ‘Carmen’. His first role was playing the Phantom at the age of 16 in a school production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. Mescal was born in 1996 in February 1996 in the Irish town of Maynooth – his mother Dearbhla is a Garda officer, while father Paul is a schoolteacher who has acted semi-professionally. [Paul Mescal has been nominated for an Academy Award](https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/oscar-nominations-2023-heres-the-full-list-of-shortlisted-nominees-for-the-95th-academy-awards-including-paul-mescal-and-cate-blanchett-3999137) for his lead performance in the low budget British film [Aftersun](https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/edinburgh-international-film-festival-reviews-aftersun-the-plains-leonor-will-never-die-lola-3802506), which follows a young father on holiday with his daughter in Turkey.

Oscar goes to ......Schull's best local? €400k will buy you a bar in a spot called home by Aftersun Oscar nominated best actor Paul Mescal and four-time ...

Mescal scored his first Oscar nomination for his role as a single dad in the A24 drama.

Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at [Hey Alma](https://www.heyalma.com/), a Jewish culture site. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/23/charlotte-wells-on-aftersun-the-guardians-best-film-of-the-year-the-grief-expressed-is-mine) about the autobiographical nature of her movie. People want the connection between artist and art to be so strong," Wells told "I do wish it could be completely anonymous in some ways. Charlotte refers to Aftersun director Charlotte Wells, and Frankie is his costar Frankie Corio, who plays his daughter in the film. This is bananas, thank you!"

Paul Mescal: Irish heart throb, recent ex of Phoebe Bridgers, and now Academy Award nominee, it's safe to say he's had quite the year already.

[sourdough bread](https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/a31328594/how-to-make-sourdough-bread-recipe/). A man with proper pudding taste, we love to see it. [lava cake](https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/a33529754/churro-lava-cakes-recipe/) (surely the pudding of all puddings?) and a skillet of [cookie dough](https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/a36274071/snickers-skillet-cookie-recipe/). [tomatoes](https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/g33065028/tomato-recipes/). Paul describes it as "not a gentle soup," which he decodes to mean not smooth AKA chunky. [soup](https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/g33443935/best-soup-recipes/).