Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Irish actor Paul Mescal arrives for the 95th Annual Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton ...
[+] Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Long celebrated in London and Dublin, Irish actor Paul Mescal is a few short weeks away from exploding in supernova fashion in the States this November 15, courtesy of the incendiary British director Ridley Scott, with Mescal’s portrayal for Scott of Lucius Verus, avenging son to Russell Crowe’s dearly-departed Maximus, in Gladiator II . Mescal is not unknown on American shores — he received a 2023 Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the lead performance in the Charlotte Wells-written and directed indie-hit Aftersun — and it’s not seldom that such a “surprise” Oscar nomination presages the imminent global explosion of this or that actor.
But it is in Mescal’s native Ireland and on London’s West End, and occasionally in France, that he has been steadily putting in the miles on film and on the boards and winning accolades for fine performances. Point is, Americans are about to hear a lot more from Mescal, so we might as well take a look at what sort of Irish-born thespian we’re actually getting. Yes, They All Speak Perfect Gaelic: (L-R) Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Kerry Condon attend the .
.. [+] 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Holl.