{"id":224707,"date":"2025-06-29T19:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T19:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224707\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T19:06:18","slug":"paul-mescal-was-my-co-star-but-id-never-seen-normal-people-and-had-no-idea-he-was-so-famous-until-i-saw-him-get-mobbed-by-swooning-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224707\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal was my co-star – but I’d never seen Normal People and had no idea he was so famous… until I saw him get mobbed by swooning fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JACINTA TAYLOR <\/p>\n

Published: 17:06 EDT, 28 June 2025 | Updated: 20:24 EDT, 28 June 2025 <\/p>\n

He’s one of Hollywood\u2019s hottest heartthrobs, especially after showing off his ripped body in Gladiator II.<\/p>\n

Yet while millions of women would kill to be in the company of Paul Mescal<\/a>, actress Patsy Ferran spent countless hours on stage and in rehearsal with the Normal People star, without having a clue quite who he was.<\/p>\n

It was only when she saw crowds of swooning fans gathered outside the stage door after their performances of A Streetcar Named Desire in London that the penny finally dropped.<\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s when it really dawned on me how well-known he is,\u2019 the 35-year-old actress, tells You magazine today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I knew of him, obviously, but I somehow was living under a rock the whole time Normal People came out, so I hadn\u2019t seen it.\u2019<\/p>\n

She did then watch the coming-of-age drama Aftersun, for which Mescal earned an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

\u2018I told him how much I enjoyed it. And he went, \u201cThanks very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Then, cut to doing the play in the evening, I looked at him from across the stage, and I just thought, \u201cOh my god!\u201d I got really fan-girly and flustered.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"While <\/p>\n

While millions of women would kill to be in the company of Paul Mescal, actress Patsy Ferran spent countless hours on stage and in rehearsal with the Normal People star without having a clue quite who he was<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It was only when she saw crowds of swooning fans gathered outside the stage door after their performances of A Streetcar Named Desire in London that the penny finally dropped<\/p>\n

\"Paul\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Paul\u00a0 recently picked up an Olivier Award for his performance as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, while Patsy starred alongside him as Blanche DuBois<\/p>\n

\"Normal <\/p>\n

Normal People (above) was his break out role which catapulted him into stardom<\/p>\n

They were appearing together at London\u2019s Almeida Theatre, before Mescal had been cast in the ancient Roman epic.<\/p>\n

Critics raved that the Spanish-British actress upstaged her better-known co-star and she has gone on to be compared to acting greats Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Glenda Jackson.<\/p>\n

Her latest film, Hot Milk, is released on Friday and co-stars Fiona Shaw. And she appears opposite George Clooney in the ensemble comedy-drama Jay Kelly due out in December.<\/p>\n

In contrast to her experiences with Mescal, Patsy said she was starstruck working with Clooney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018It was just a crazy experience. You\u2019ve been watching these people your whole life and when they walk into your own reality, it\u2019s like a glitch… You\u2019re not supposed to be real!\u2019<\/p>\n

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