The Irish actor is thrilled by his Oscar nomination. He's got some time to soak it all in, but then it's back to work -- for Ridley Scott and 'Gladiator 2.'
“Madness.
“Enough for a break, but not enough to get itchy again,” he says, revealing his insatiable appetite for work, and his opinion that actors are “phenomenal people.” While he’ll forever be grateful to Wells — whom he “loves deeply” — for helping him earn his first Oscar nomination in her first feature, what is particularly gratifying is that the honor was bestowed upon him by the academy’s acting branch. “For that to come from my peers is one of the coolest things ever,” he continues.
After his success with Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” Paul Mescal says he’d like to work with directors Claire Denis and Martin Scorsese at some point. When asked whom he’s most keen to work with next, the luminaries on his wish list include actors Adam Driver and Michelle Williams, and directors Claire Denis, Martin Scorsese and Lenny Abrahamson, who directed him in “Normal People.”
As for next fall and winter, Mescal says his dance card is void, and that he’s unsure what currency the academy’s nod will afford him. “I imagine there’s the prestige of saying you got nominated for an Oscar, but maybe that’ll only go so far,” he muses. “Maybe it’s like, ‘How box-office bankable are you?’ And I’m not, you know. I haven’t done any big box-office films. So, who knows? That’s for other people to decide.
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