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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award Nominee Emily Watson and Emmy-nominated actor Paul Mescal are set to star in the A24 psychological drama God’s Creatures with Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer directing. This will mark Holmer and Davis directing debut, who worked together on the award-winning feature The Fits. Davis will also edit. The film is currently in production. The film also stars Aisling Franciosi, Declan Conlon, Marion O’Dwyer and Toni O’Rourke.

A version of this story about Oscar nominee Paul Mescal and “Aftersun” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.  Irish actor Paul Mescal turned 27 the week after his first Oscar nomination for playing a wounded, doing-his-best young father on holiday in Turkey with his wise-beyond-her-years daughter (Frankie Corio) in writer-director Charlotte Wells’ semi-autobiographical “Aftersun.” That makes him the youngest acting nominee this year. The film also catapulted his already-soaring reputation as a talent to watch, following his Emmy-nominated breakout role in Hulu’s “Normal People” in 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some hot casting news for this week’s European Film Market – I can reveal that Paul Mescal, who broke out in last year’s hit series Normal People, and Mank actor Tom Burke have been set to lead Irish thriller Bring Them Down.

Paul Mescal is adjusting to fame.

Paul Mescal’s somewhat unusual 2020 — at least compared to most other people around the world — has been well documented. The young Irish actor went into the COVID-19 lockdown an emerging talent looking forward to his first significant on-screen debut and — thanks to one of the most talked about TV shows of the year — emerged the other side a bona fide star, not to mention a new Instagram obsession.

CAA has signed Paul Mescal, star of Hulu's upcoming Normal People, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. In the three years since graduating from The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art in his native Ireland, the actor has starred in such plays as The Great Gatsby and The Lieutenant of Inishmore.