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@paulcmescals
PAUL COLM MICHAEL MESCAL -- actor, born and bred in maynooth, county kildare, ireland, now wreaking mild havoc in london, uk. came into the world on february 2, 1996, which makes him 29, and allegedly an adult (jury's still out). heterosexual and off the market; currently dating his best friend, daisy edgar-jones.
as anyone, pretty much looking forward to christmas and all. not fully ready with like a tree up and playing christmas music yet as i'm basically on my own little break and watching my boyfriend do his play a bit longer until the 22nd — which i recommend seeing, by the way. just with all the halloween to christmas madness, i started thinking about how it really goes one to the other. i know some have their thanksgiving type celebrations and all. so are you a quick one to the other like stores or do you have a break between the two ? ( @hfrpstarters )
personally, i think it's grand not to have the place fully decorated for christmas yet, especially when you're living in one of the most christmas-obsessed cities on the planet. there are enough lights and trees scattered around london to leave you half-overstimulated before you've even had your morning coffee. i do love it, mind you, that's not a complaint. but i kind of like having a breather between holidays. feels like people rush through them, always legging it towards the next big thing, and missing out on all the lovely little in-betweens… like actually taking in the seasons changing and all that. and if you're talking about clarkston, i've seen it. absolutely brilliant. deserves every bit of praise it's getting. sad it's coming to an end, but i suppose all good things wrap up eventually. what's next on your own agenda once the break's over?
"The things that I've made were the only things that I could make at that moment. And as long as that stays true, then I don't feel like I need to get into the concept of planning a career, or planning what I think an audience wants for me. If you're making career decisions with an audience in mind, you're... fucked. I'd walk onto set and have a panic attack if that was what I started doing."
Alright, hot take time… sequels. Everyone seems to assume a sequel can’t top the original, but hear me out: there are definitely some exceptions. I mean, Toy Story 2? Arguably better in every way. The Dark Knight? Absolute masterpiece. Now it's your turn, what sequel do you think outshines the original? Give me your controversial takes!
the first sequel that popped into my head was high school musical 2, which is… well, let's not unpack that too much. before sunset, though, that's a sequel i'll back like it paid my rent. and you can't leave out the classics like the godfather part II. when you dropped your hot take, i was already preparing a "you're very wrong but i like you anyway" speech. turns out i didn't need it. there are loads of sequels that outdo the originals, which is a very humbling discovery for my ego. still feels like cheating, doesn't it? the first one does all the sweating and stumbling, and the second just strolls in like, "alright lads, watch this." but yeah… i'll back your theory. you've convinced me.
I am so glad you said that because, I feel the same. it is such a dumb saying and being with you is always my favourite thing. Sounds like it is shaping up to be a perfect plan. What if after it all we take a little trip, after all the madness, just us? Before I really lose you to McCartney next year. Private: Oh yeah, what is that, baby?
i love you, babe. and yes please, whisk me away. anywhere you feel like going, i'm right there beside you. a bit of proper us time is exactly what we deserve. private: it's just... we've basically been living in each other's flats anyway, haven't we? your stuff's all over mine, mine's all over yours… and i love it. i love finding your jumper on my chair or leaving a book on your bedside table and knowing it'll still be there next time. i love… you in my space. us in each other's space. so i was thinking... what if we just… made it one space? ours. properly ours. what if instead of dragging bags back and forth and pretending we don't already spend every other night together, we… merged the whole thing? found a place that's both of ours from the start. cause you being my home is the best thing that's ever happened to me. but getting to come home to you too? in the same place? i think that tops everything.
this is like seeing the mona lisa being painted
what can i say? menace should've been my middle name. but i'll be honest with you, if i had to add another name to mine i wouldn't be able to keep up with it haha i already have five names as it is. i was always a mean kid but, like, in a good way if that makes any sense. i was mean to the assholes who deserved it. not like the kids on the playground but the bullies, bullying the other kids who didn't do anything to deserve it. right?! like what the fuck? are you trying to determine if chicken parmesan is what truly determines if we're dating or if we're just friends? make that shit make sense. i swear to god i could write a movie about paparazzi and journalists who literally do just that. it's funny because i do have a few journalist friends who think the same thing. they're journalists about like important things, though. y'know like the state of the world and climate change. not trying to pick apart the lives of other human beings just because people know their names. i suppose i could add both menace and troublemaker to my middle names but then i'd be up to seven haha. i guess i can be a troublemaker but when you're only five foot three and the youngest sibling you kinda gotta make trouble sometimes. i think being a bit more fearless than most gives me the true confidence i need to truly not give a fuck. which i certainly enjoy. makes life a lot more fun when people look at you funny for standing up for yourself. i recommend that you invest in one of those anti-paps scarves that were a real trend back in the early two thousands. those were really cool if you didn't want your picture to be taken. i, personally, like to make the ugliest faces and hope that they get them all. just to be a smartass, because then they don't have any good ones to put in their portfolio. it definitely can be creepy but i try not to let it bother me so much honestly. i feel like we, as actors, can be creepy sometimes too. but mostly when we're like doing documentaries about true stories and things of that sort. so we're not too much different. officially besties, huh? sounds good to me! Dubai was beautiful wasn't it? i actually had a blast! i went swimming with the sharks at the aquarium with a friend and that was one of the coolest things i think i have done to date in the way of an adrenaline rush. they were feeding the sharks like right in front of us. that was wicked cool! did you do anything fun or exhilarating while you were there? or did you just enjoy the views and the show?
five names? wow. did you count your surname in that, or is it five plus the surname? were your parents just a bit indecisive, or did they make too many promises and end up naming you after half the people they know? is zoey the actual first name, or just the one you liked best out of the bunch? see, now you've raised a whole pile of questions, consider my mind officially blown. i'm still petitioning for menace to be added to yours, though. what's one more when you have already five? right, the mean kid who's the bullies' worst enemy, that one's my favourite. think it automatically gives you the right to have a bit of attitude. i know, and it'd be funny all the time if it wasn't so bloody frustrating too. wish i could just not let it get to me most days, but my brain's a bit weak like that sometimes and it just makes me angry. maybe you should write a script about those journalists and paparazzi, hold up a mirror to their faces and give them a proper “wait, is this fucking play about us?” moment. i like those journalist friends of yours, they're doing the kind of work that really matters. i have mad respect for them, they risk a lot reporting on the state of the world and all that. even the ones who do interviews with you, the ones who have done their research, who respect your privacy, and still write something thoughtful. doesn't even have to flatter you for me to appreciate it. i just wish the job didn't come with people expecting you to happily let them poke around your life, like you owe them every detail. that stalking bit of it really puts me off. i don't want to share everything, and i don't see the harm in that but somehow it always gets twisted into something negative. like, if you don't talk about your relationship, then apparently you don't love the person. when really, it's just that my first public one was far too public, and it bit me in the arse in the end. i just don't want that again. we can stick with just menace being added, it already hints at the troublemaker thing anyway. thought that was a middle child syndrome, though, getting into trouble constantly, not the youngest. i thought they were the ones getting away with everything. not sure i'm ready to sacrifice my style for those anti-pap scarves, even if i think they're genius but i might nick the pulling-faces trick off you. that one sounds like fun. i have done the 'wear the same outfit so they can't use the photos' one before, that sometimes does the trick too. yeah, yeah, i see your point. especially with serial killer stuff, some of those films can get very creepy and really walk that line between glorifying and criticising. but i can't pretend i'm not fascinated by the art of it, how convincing some actors can be. i suppose we're all a bit creepy at times and you're right about it. gooood. hope accepting the bestie proposal means you know you're getting dragged along to pub crawls now and will have to endure plenty more of my yapping. swimming with sharks? i've heard they can be the most curious and friendly creatures, so long as they don't mistake you for food. still, feeding them right in front of you sounds a bit risky, doesn't it? a bit of both for me. not quite as exhilarating as your shark adventure, but i did get together with my girlfriend on that trip, so it was a bit special all the same.
Yeah because it's shit doing it on my own Paul. Oh did I? Do you want to go and play Shakespeare here soon?
obviously. no, i've done that already. in a film called hamnet that's more on the fictional side, though there were a few bits of truth about shakespeare and his wife and overall life thrown in for good measure. i mean, i had to reacquaint myself with all those plays for the role, so i'll never say never. might end up doing something shakespeare-related again down the line but for now, i'm all shakespeare'd out. just get a bit poetic every now and then, like i did before, that's all i'm saying.
Hey you! heheh we can just relish in it now, and that is fantastic. Oh, for certain, now we do the hard part of actually filming it. Yeah, I got you, buddy. I won't let you falter or fall in this, not that you would, but I'm here to be your moral support. It still feels like a daydream? Maybe it will feel that way till we film? Maybe even longer, but it just feels so surreal. Overwhelmed that I am attached to this amazingness, it just hits all the points from cast to crew. It is! The excitement is building.
we've got this. just have to keep saying it like a mantra, might help fight off all the nerves around it. you're a gem, seriously. deal's mutual, by the way. i've got your back the same way if the jitters should kick in. probably, yeah. right now it feels like being on a mad trip with the lads, pretending to be a band. still loads of vocal coaching and figuring out how to play the guitar left-handed for me. but i have a feeling it'll all get real serious, real quick when you girls join us. sersh, we'd be lost without a multi-talent like you. the whole project's actually lucky you wanted to sign on. i can already smell your oscar from here, and we haven't even filmed a thing yet, that's how sure i am. how are things at home anyway? how's the mom-life treating you? i'll have to come by soon and meet the little sweetheart myself.
Manifest it, please, I’ll take all the snow magic you can muster. And fine, deal, I’ll split the g properly, but only if you promise not to judge my terrible form halfway through. I know, right? One year. It’s insane. Feels like five minutes and five decades all at once. You’re absolutely right, though, toddlers with attitude are great fun until they’re yours. Then it’s madness and negotiations over snacks. My mom reminds me constantly that I was just as dramatic, so yes, karma is alive and thriving in this household. And about damn time, Pauly. Took you long enough. I’m genuinely happy for you both, the rest of us have known you two had that thing going since Normal People came out. I was starting to think we’d have to stage an intervention. So, you’re officially forgiven for Dubai. That’s a solid excuse. And please, tell Sam it’s for creative inspiration or something, we’ll sign a fake permission slip if needed. Lennox will happily accept your visit… as long as you bring cupcakes and accept her unreasonable demands. Where are you filming though? Because I'll be in LA next month. I'm about to direct my first movie. Which is completely insane.
you're asking me, an irish man, to promise not to judge your drinking form? i'm not sure i can manage that, but i could promise to do it quietly enough you'll hardly notice, does that count? madness and negotiations over snacks sound exactly like life with a dog. swear it's the same thing, just with less talking back and more passive-aggressive staring. i used to laugh when people said having a pet prepares you for kids, but i'm starting to think they might've been onto something. not you too, dj. fionn and india already told us they had bets going, how long it'd take us to realise it, who'd confess first, all that madness. don't tell me you were part of that circus as well. honestly though, it's not like that… we've not… well, i suppose we've both had those feelings a long while, can't exactly deny it. appreciate the forgiveness though. that's a perfect plan, i'm sure sam won't question a thing. cupcakes are easy, and i wouldn't dare deny her any of her demands or ever consider them unreasonable. does she have a frosting preference or is it a case of the more sugar the better? i'm in london at the minute, not filming yet, just rehearsals and all that. but i could make the trip to los angeles. and i heard about your film! i'm so proud of you, dj. if there's anyone made to sit in that director's chair, it's you. you've got the calm for chaos and that sharp eye for detail, can't wait to see it when it's done and i'd love to catch a glimpse of you in that chair. might've already added you to the list of directors i want to work with one day in case you decide to keep doing it. i have no doubt you'll be brilliant. and if you should ever doubt it and need a hype man, give me a shout, i'm your lad. are you nervous? excited? have a million ideas flying about already?
She was so adorable and I can not believe how much she put me at ease. I love your family so much. I would actually really love to come and spend Christmas with you all. You know my folks usually work on Christmas so we celebrate a little early. We could do that then head to yours? That is, if you don't mind spending that much time together. I don't want to impose on anything. You know, I do think I remember a drunken voice note about that. Well, I can't wait to see what this year brings.
dais, i'd spend every single day with you if our jobs would just let us, screw that whole distance makes the heart grow fonder nonsense. spending the holidays with you wouldn't ever feel like you're imposing on anything; it'd feel right, like that's exactly how it's meant to be. i like the idea of spending time with you and your folks and then heading over to ireland to spend some with mine. couldn't imagine anything better, really. private: well... maybe there's one tiny little thing that could top it.
I'm looking forward to the new year that's approaching. I know, I know, it's still October. But I am excited to start touring again and releasing a new album. Are you looking forward to any new music? Speaking of new music, I actually listened to that country song Nialler did with that Thomas Rhett guy and, gotta say, I am a fan. Didn't think I would like country music, yet here we are. Anyways, enough about me. You tell me what you're excited to see in the new year.
gonna let it slide this once that you're already asking about next year. if i were in your shoes, i'd be itching to start it too. what are you most looking forward to about touring? i always am looking forward to all the new music, it's a huge part of my personal and professional life i think. think the one i'm most looking forward to is mitski's album she's been teasing for the winter. can't wait for those emotional gut punches, her dropping music in the middle of the year's most depressing season is just cruel and genius at the same time. see, that's the thing i love about music, and growing up with it, how your taste keeps changing on you. if you have a bit of openness for all kinds of genres, it's mad how easy it is to fall into liking one you never thought you would. sometimes there's just that one song that hits all the right spots, and it ends up being the only one of that genre you love. or it sends you down a rabbit hole, listening to older stuff and realising, somehow, you've been sleeping on pure brilliance this whole time.
#Why would you ask him that 😭
paul and daisy ( @daisyedgxrjones ) attend hollywood fame’s haunted yacht party
costume: post-paintball fight version of kat stratford and patrick verona from the movie ‘10 things i hate about you’
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see, i told you mam would love girlfriend daisy even more than she already loved best friend daisy. it was so nice spending time at home with you. and look at you, scoring an invite to christmas with the family straight away. though you can absolutely take your time thinking about it. as much as i'd love to have you around, and i'd be delighted if you decided to come, christmas with the mescals can get a bit… intense. last year i ended up getting a tattoo on christmas eve, who knows what'll happen this year…
Paul Mescal as Calum Patterson Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells
I can only imagine Mescals living it up, would any store or space be safe? Nope. Oh shit, you got philosophical on me there, but it's all so true. I feel like I tucked that away and pull it out whenever needed.
sounds about right to me. maybe someday down the line we'll have the pleasure of being stuck in the same place and stirring up a bit of mischief together. good, good. you might've just witnessed the last few remnants rattling around my brain from slipping into shakespeare's head.
