Screen Scene: Foe director Garth Davis on working with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal

The director of the sci-fi thriller lavishes praise on the two Irish actors, writes Esther McCarthy

Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in Foe.

THEY’RE two of Ireland’s most-lauded young talents — so when Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal expressed a desire to work together, it was a no-brainer, as far as director Garth Davis was concerned.

After meeting them to discuss their collaboration, the filmmaker even passed on the chemistry tests often used in such projects, so certain was he that Ronan and Mescal would be convincing on screen as a young married couple.