Paul Mescal ‘talk of the town’ in Maynooth but still coaches the local GAA team when he's home
Paul Mescal has so far shunned blockbusters and focused on quieter, more challenging fare.
When Paul Mescal was studying drama at Dublin’s Lir Academy he yearned to play Stanley Kowalski, the thuggish lead character in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Loughlin Deegan, the course director, told Mescal he was more suited to play the sensitive, courteous Mitch and that to have any chance of ever playing Stanley he would have to be brave and take risks as an actor. Mescal did not protest or take offence. “OK,” he said.
