Gladiator II star Paul Mescal has declared that his former co-star Saoirse Ronan “hit the nail on the head” when she addressed women’s safety as the only female among the guests on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show. Mescal had appeared on The Graham Norton Show with Eddie Redmayne, Denzel Washington, and Ronan on October 25. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Saoirse Ronan calls out male actors joking about self-defence practices.
The discussion turned to Redmayne’s latest role in The Day of the Jackal, in which his character uses a phone as a weapon. Mescal and Norton began joking about the idea. The Normal People actor laughed, “Who would actually think about that? If I was attacked, my first thought wouldn’t be, ‘phone!’” While the rest of the panel laughed, Ronan interrupted, saying, “That’s what girls have to think about all the time.
” “Am I right ladies?” she asked the audience who erupted into applause. Her comment quickly ended the lighthearted tone and sparked widespread praise online for its blunt truth. A month on Messcal has addressed the moment and was asked if he was caught off guard by his co-star’s bold remark.
“No, I don’t think we were surprised,” the actor explained on Irish broadcaster RTE’s The Late Late Show. He said that when you’re on a talk show, conversations often flow casually as was happening. “But I’m not shocked it got the attention it did, because it’s such an important message,” he added.
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