5 months ago
Paul Mescal wants to support his caput down until he emerges successful cinemas successful 2028 playing Paul McCartney.
Speaking to The Guardian to beforehand his caller movie The History of Sound while he simultaneously does property for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Mescal said, “People will get a break from maine and I’ll get a break from them,” complete nan adjacent mates of years.
“I’m 5 aliases six years into this now, and I consciousness very lucky. But I’m besides learning that I don’t deliberation I tin spell connected doing it arsenic much,” said Mescal, who was Oscar nominated for 2022’s Aftersun and collapsed retired successful Normal People.
He said indie movies for illustration Oliver Hermanus’ History of Sound, in which Mescal and Josh O’Connor play 2 men who recreation together signaling people songs successful 1920, “take much retired of nan well” than 1 mightiness think.
Mescal said he is “most comfortable” making movies for illustration History of Sound over nan likes of Gladiator II, successful which he played nan lead. “I was 90 kilos and I had 8 weeks to get down to 78 kilos [for History of Sound],” he told The Guardian. “It was a existent headf**k. I loved nan process of making that movie but The History of Sound felt for illustration location to me.”
Once awards play is retired nan way, Mescal’s adjacent slated movie is Sam Mendes’ untitled 2028 Beatles movie successful which he will play Paul McCartney. He besides has Richard Linklater’s Merrily We Roll Along on nan horizon, though successful emblematic Linklater manner that 1 whitethorn not premiere for astatine slightest a decade.
