Paul Mescal Has worked with Authurs and iconic actors, but the star is now revealing one of the first future co -stars he was really Starstruck: Josh O’Connor.
The duo lead ”Sound history“Which is coming Debut at Cannes After being in works for four years. The project was first announced 2021, with a press release from director Oliver Hermanus (exactly) with reference to how O’Connor and Mescal were “two of the most promising actors in their generation.”
The shooting was planned for 2022; However, production was delayed due to funding in the middle of the pandemic and later strikes guild. The film Instead, was shot in 2024, after O’Connor and Mescal had already become big stars. Still, Mescal still remembers how he was in reverence was O’Connor at the beginning of his own career after the “normal people” success in 2020.
“We had a sweet zoom,” Mescal told Vanity About after O’Connor was enough for him as a fan of the series. “He was one of the first people I became starstruck after” normal people “came out. He is now one of my best friends, and I just love him.”
Both Mescal and O’Connor later became separate to “The History of Sound.” Mescal plays singer Lionel who falls for his colleague New England Conservatory Student David (O’Connor) in the adaptation of Ben Shattuck’s short story. And Mescal and O’Connor’s friendship only grew during the filming of the Queer romanticism.
“We felt very boyish in each other’s companies all the time,” Mescal said about filming with O’Connor. “I’ve always said this to Josh, but he brings out a childish version of me. I haven’t known that kind of boyfriend in myself for a long time.”
When it comes to how long it took to bring “The History of Sound” to the screen, Mescal wondered at isThe story of the film itself. “How many times do you hear people who are really trying to get something done over five, 10, 15 years, and it just falls away?” Said Mescal. “I remember feeling very happy. We have to enjoy this. Because we will encounter other opportunities in our lives where we love a script as much as this, and we just must not.”
He added, “What I am most proud of is that the feeling I had when I read the script for the first time is what I got when I first watched the movie.”
