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At only 27 , Mescal has built an telling resume that includes a streaming television sensation , Normal People , which netted him an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Limited Series ; breakout indie hit likeThe Lost DaughterandAftersun , the latter of which nabbed him his for Academy Award nominating address for Best Actor ; and a lead role in Ridley Scott ’s approaching sequel to the 2000 megahit Gladiator , the aptly titledGladiator 2 .
Oh , and he was also in the best movie of last year , All of Us Strangers , and line up time to star in a critically acclaimed revitalisation ofA Streetcar bring up Desireon the London West remnant stage . He ’s also a favourite of the cyberspace and has been the subject ofseveral viral memesinvolving his sausages and short shorts . ( Do n’t demand . )
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You ’d guess by now , the public would acknowledge everything there is to live about the young Irish star . Well , you ’d be incorrect ; at least , I was wrong since I stumbled upon a flaky factoid that sent me rush along to YouTube to detect the evidence to back it up . Did you roll in the hay that Paul Mescal asterisk inThe Phantom of the OperaandLes Misérables ? Yes , that ’s ripe , the post-horse boy forsad boiseverywhere , the acclaimed player do it for his serious dramas , was in two musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Claude - Michel Schönberg , severally .
Before you go to IMDb and search furiously for these credits in Mescal ’s filmography , slacken ; they are n’t there . Mescal did n’t star in the famous feature film versions of these classic musical comedy . ( And honestly , would you want to see him warble next to Emmy Rossum in the cheesy film reading ofPhantomor whistle off - key with Hugh Jackman inLes Mis ? ) Like all of us , Mescal was once a fresh - faced student , and during his time in high school and college , he starred in schooling productions of famous plays and musicals to better perfect his playacting skills .
The first clip is fromLes Misérables , which visit Mescal take on the role of Javert , the revenge - obsessed policeman out to capture Jean Valjean . The Sung he sings isStars , which is Javert ’s swelled number in the show , and afford Mescal a opportunity to really belt out it out .
It ’s hard to tell that it ’s in reality Mescal under all that makeup , but it is , and he does a decent task ! He ’s certainly better than Russell Crowe , who played the part in the film , and meet it badly .
Mescal had a more iconic function inThe Phantom of the Opera , roleplay the nominal character complete with a flowing shameful mantle and a more or less askew ivory masquerade . The video below is the complete Maynooth Post Primary School output ofPhantom , so if you desire to get to the good stuff , just jump to the 35:30 - minute mark to hear Mescal singMusic of the Night . The sound is n’t quite synched to the video recording , so carry that when watch .
Yes , the song and output are camp and cheesy , but that ’s what makesPhantomso great , and it ’s authentically telling to see Mescal give it everything he ’s got with the same intensity he displayed inAftersun . These past performances show that one of Hollywood ’s most hopeful actors is at home tattle show tunes just as much as he is winning heart and pour forth some crying in dramas about the loneliness of modern life . If I have one piece of advice for Paul , it ’s this : Stay away fromCats . Please .
