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Every decade or so, the film industry will produce another crop of talent to join the veteran actors who inspired them to join showbiz in the first place. No doubt, the Irish actor Paul Mescal is one of these rising stars, having enjoyed a storming run of success in the film and TV industry ever since his debut role in the hit BBC series Normal People, based on the book by Sally Rooney. 

After several successful turns on stage, Mescal’s role in Normal People would almost instantly propel him to industry success, starring beside Daisy Edgar-Jones in the stirring emotional drama that followed two young lovers from different backgrounds who weave in and out of each other’s lives. Winning a BAFTA TV award for Best Leading Actor for his portrayal, Mescal followed the series up with a starring role in the music video for the Phoebe Bridgers song ‘Savior Complex’, later sparking a relationship with the singer.

In God’s Creatures (which is available on demand), Mescal plays Brian O’Hara, a wayward son who returns home to his family after a long absence claiming he’d like a fresh start. While most of the town is wary of Brian, his mother Aileen (played by the incredible Emily Watson) decides to give him a second chance. As the pair try to relaunch Brian’s career as an oyster harvester, however, Aileen slowly realizes that perhaps Brian isn’t as changed as he’s letting on. 

When Mescal got the script for God’s Creatures, he told me, “It felt pretty immediate to me that I wanted to make it as soon as possible. I think I was interested in the kind of inter-gender politics of the film…plus it’s always fun to play a character who is the antithesis of who you are.”