EntertainmentPaul Mescal confesses that he lied to get a role that revealed him to HollywoodThe actor made his debut in a series by playing Connell in ‘Normal People’By Editorial Staff

Paul Mescal confessed that he lied to get his first big role on camera. In an interview with the magazine W Magazine (via People), he stated that he knew how to direct to play Connell in Normal Peopleseries based on the book of the same name by Sally Rooney.

“I said I knew how to drive Normal Peopleand I didn’t know how to drive”, he revealed. “We signed the paperwork, I got the paper, and I forgot to get my driver’s license. So, I ended up acting in Normal People with a provisional license.”

“I could only drive the car with a qualified person next to me,” he said. He continued: “I did the best directing — and we have it on tape — that anyone has ever seen on screen in Normal People“.

The actor also joked: “Now I’m in Formula 1.”

The role in the Hulu series opened the doors to Hollywood for Mezcalwho, more recently, starred Gladiator II. He also starred The Lost Daughter (2021), Aftersun (2022) and All of Us Strangers (2023).

About Gladiator II

Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue and revenge set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus, Lucius is forced into the Colosseum after his home is conquered by tyrannical emperors, who now rule Rome with an iron fist. With anger in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find the strength and honor to return glory to the Roman people.

The film’s cast also includes Denzel Washington (Training Day), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things), Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Lior Raz (Squad 6), Peter Mensah (Spartacus) and Matt Lucas (Maid of Honor Mission) and the returns of Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Derek Jacobi as Gracchus.

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with maestro João Carlos Martins, an exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for the Oscars 2025 and the launch radar for Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is now available on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out: