Paul Mescal, the 29-year-old Irish actor known for his roles in "Normal People," "All of Us Strangers," as well as his latest films "Hamnet" and "The History of Sound," recently revealed to Vanity Fair that he's been pondering stepping away from the deeply emotional roles that have defined much of his career. However, he added with a hint of uncertainty, "I don't know if I'll have more to say with roles like Will or Lionel or Connell or Harry." To People, he quipped, "I recognize that they are in conversation with each other... I don't know if I'm finished with that yet, but I might be finished with that?" When pressed for clarification, Mescal joked, "Don't ever quote me on the things that I quote myself on," before acknowledging the audience's expectation that actors stay in one lane. "I just hope to keep making work that feels honest to me, and 'Hamnet' feels very truthful," he said.
"Hamnet," which follows William Shakespeare (Mescal) and his relationship with his wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley), has earned both strong reviews and early Oscar buzz. Mescal called it "probably the film that I'm proudest of." Despite the story's underlying grief, Buckley said the cast was warm and playful. Mescal will next star as Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes' "The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event."
