This time last year we’d never heard the name Paul Mescal. Now, he’s the man of the moment, and by heck has he got the ladies coming over all unnecessary, thanks to his flawless, totally natural and effortlessly sexy performance as the understated, smart, brooding Connell in Normal People.
And if you haven’t watched it and felt all of the feels (nostalgia for your younger years/being thankful you’re over all that torment/remembering the intensity of your first love/wishing your first sexual experiences were this sensual instead of mortifying because you hadn’t the foggiest how to snog, chief among them), get out from under that rock and hop over to the BBC iPlayer this minute.
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