Normal People's Paul Mescal Says He's Totally Different From Connell: 'I’m Definitely Not Aloof'

Normal People star Paul Mescal has taken part in Florence + The Machine‘s new book club – hear him read a passage from the Sally Rooney novel below.Mescal plays Connell Waldron in the recent BBC adaptation of the book, which gave BBC Three its biggest iPlayer viewing figures ever upon its release.As part of Florence Welch’s Between Two Books book club, Mescal has read an iconic passage from the 2018 book, the scene where Connell and Marianne reconnect at a house party at Dublin’s Trinity College

We finally have an answer if Normal People will get a season two.

Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineThere’s something odd about Normal People. It is, ostensibly, a show about two teenagers who fall in love, then navigate a very typical series of bust-ups and reconciliations.

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal are tucked home safe and sound in London, England, adapting to the newfound spotlight and a life in quarantine. It's a far cry from just a few months earlier when the relative unknowns were whisked off to Los Angeles, California, to wax poetic about a show the public didn't know they'd fall in love with yet.

Two of TV viewers favourite obsessions collided hilariously, courtesy of Ireland’s Comic Relief, raising money for COVID-19 in the country.

Normal People stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal reunited for a comedy special alongside Fleabag actor Andrew Scott.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticPaul Mescal is one of the TV season’s breakouts as Connell, the lovelorn young man whose romance with a classmate follows an uneven path on “Normal People.” On “The Great,” Nicholas Hoult is also caught in a bad romance — tormenting his wife, Empress Catherine II of Russia, in his role as Emperor Peter III. They talked to each other over video chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue.Paul Mescal: Nick, you’re a legend.

Normal People and Fleabag collided last night (jUNE 26) for Irish charity fundraiser RTÉ Does Comic Relief.In one of two sketches that reunited Normal People‘s Connell and Marianne – played by Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones – the two characters confessed their sins to a priest revealed to be Andrew Scott’s character from Fleabag.Mescal also shared photos from the shoot, showing the three stars together. “Well this happened!” he said on Instagram.

Ray D’Arcy ahead of RTE Does Comic Relief tonight, where the Maynooth actor shed some light on those James Bond rumours.Like so many other actors, Paul Mescal’s projects have been put on hold due to the global health crisis.‘Everybody’s in the same boat. We’re all itching to get back to work.

Normal Peoplewill be returning to screens this Friday (June 26) for Comic Relief.Stars Paul Mescal and Daisy-Edgar Jones will return, alongside director Lenny Abrahamson for two one-off specials on RTÉ Does Comic Relief in Ireland.Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis explained what fans could expect. “There’s a beautiful piece called Normal Older People, which is imagining what would have happened to Marianne and Connell 40 years from now,” he told RTÉ Radio 1.

Normal People during lockdown.The success of the show, based on the Sally Rooney novel, gave BBC Three its best ever week of ratings on iPlayer last month.“You know what’s saved me?” Stranger Things star Ryder told The Times about her time in lockdown, revealing that she’s watched the hit BBC Three show multiple times.“I’ll be weeping all day [because of the Black Lives Matter protests] and then I’ll be weeping all night because I’m watching Normal People.”She added: “I watched it for the third

Normal People stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are set to appear at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine has become an instant heartthrob thanks to his role as Connell in the BBC drama series – even the has its own Instagram account! While he may find his new status "uncomfortable", there has been plenty of interest in his personal life, specifically who he's dating.

Normal People actor Paul Mescal has raised €70,340 (£62,000) for charity by raffling off one of his personal chains.His character in the hit BBC Three series, Connell Waldron, gained notoriety for the silver chain he always wore – and so Mescal raffled one of his own to raise money for the Ireland-based suicide and self-harm crisis centre Pieta.“Congratulations Éadaoin !!!” Mescal tweeted, announcing the winner of the raffle.