Seven days ago, Paul Mescal had a humble 6,000 Instagram followers. Fast forward one week, twelve poignant episodes of Normal People and high praise from the likes of Jodie Comer and Lewis Capaldi, the talented Irish actor boasts a rather remarkable 150k followers thanks to his powerful performance of an adrift and delicate Connell Waldron.
And this number will only continue to grow thanks to his unconditional and flawless execution of the confused young man. The 24-year-old actor, who grew up in County Kildare, just outside of Dublin, portrays Connell's battle with mental health and his undying connection with his childhood sweetheart Marianne Sheridan (Daisy Edgar-Jones) in the sublime BBC adaption of Sally Rooney's coming-of-age novel of
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