Mescalmania wasn’t a thing when Paul Mescal was cast in this harrowing indie drama. Though he’d made Normal People, he was still seen as, well, a normal person.
The 27-year-old’s totally deserved Oscar nom for Aftersun, plus ecstatic reviews for his stage performance in A Streetcar Named Desire, explain why the second collaboration between US directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer has become such a hot ticket. Mescal’s not bigger than God. But, by God, he’s big.
