The Moment Paul Mescal Became The Hottest Man On This Planet. 🥵

Watching All Of Us Strangers last night reminded me that I love two Irishmen. Their chemistry in the film was amazing, and I adore their friendship. 💚🤍🧡

#This post has got me wanting to watch The Hunger Games films again.

#Woody Harrelson was outstanding as Haymitch Abernathy.

#I just finished reading Sunrise on the Reaping. Haymitch truly is one of the most tragic characters in the history of literature.

#The film adaptation of Sunrise will leave me wrecked on the floor.

#Suzanne Collins remains a queen.

#scenes i can never watch the same way again after reading sunrise on the reaping

#paul mescal #time lord

#I am playing a new video game called Old Skies, a game about time travel, which got me thinking about my favourite actor (Paul Mescal) and time travel.

#This post cements in my mind that Paul is a master of time and space LOL.

#hot priests...*sigh*

o padre da ponta da direita, se bater o olho rápido, no susto, dá pra perceber uma semelhança com o paul mescal em normal people e tipo, isso me deu TANTOS PENSAMENTOS PENSANTES VEYR---

I love both Paul and Pedro, and their characters in Gladiator II. 😍

#paul mescal #pedro pascal

PEDRO PASCAL ⏤ Gladiator II | Training 

#paul mescal

#Paul is the real deal. We knew this from the start.

Paul talks about film stars

#I just watched La chimera for the first time.

#It is a masterpiece of cinema.

#The cinematography is beautiful.

#I must check out more of Alice Rohrwacher's films.

#Josh O'Connor speaks Italian in the film, which made him even more attractive.

La Chimera (2023) dir. Alice Rohrwacher

#paul mescal

#Hannolucius v Glyceo (gifs 4 to 7) is my Roman Empire

#I like how 'Hannolucius' looks like 'Hannolicius'

#Hannolicius is my new favourite adjective

Hannolucius on the ground and on his hands and knees <3 kicked, punched, tackled, and thrown pt 1

Sunrise on the Reaping

I just finished reading 'Sunrise on the Reaping' by Suzanne Collins, which is the fifth book in The Hunger Games series. Suzanne Collins really knows how to break her readers' hearts.

This book is told from the point of view of 16 year old Haymitch Abernathy, who competes in the 50th Hunger Games. This book answers many questions as to why Haymitch is the way that he is, when we first meet him the first Hunger Games book, barely functioning as a mentor for Katniss and Peeta for the 74th Hunger Games. Once again, Collins has crafted another excellent novel, which expands on the lore of Panem.

I am mentally preparing my tears for the upcoming film adaptation. I wonder if Kiefer Sutherland will be cast as President Snow. It would be perfect, as he is the same age as Snow in this novel (58 years old), and Kiefer's late father, Donald, played Snow in the first four films of the series.

Added: I just read that Ralph Fiennes has been cast as President Snow, an excellent choice!

#paul mescal

How Paul Mescal won no awards for Gladiator II is beyond me. He understood the assignment, and he ate, and left no crumbs.

"No, if anything, he's just trying to tear the establishment down, but actually not for kind of political reasons. It's personal reasons. It's the fact that Rome to Lucius represents everything that has taken his wife away from him. It's the the reason that he doesn't feel connected to his mother anymore. So it's an exciting thing to get to excercise that anger against an establishment in film."

"I think he attempted [to separate his personal agenda for the greater good of democracy]. I think he attempted up to the point that there's a certain responsibility thrust into his character's journey. Of course, it depends on the context, but I think where there's conscience, there comes a responsibility, right? I think that's what the film is saying with lucius."

"They're both questions. It's the moment that it stops being about him. He's asking the thousands of people around him a question. He's like, the line is, 'Is this how Rome treats its heroes?', and essentially it's Iike, 'If that's how they're going to treat him, how do you think you're going to be treated just as a simple citizen? This is a celebrated Roman general.'"

"I think he probably flips. He think he acts without constitution for the most part, for the first two acts of the film, I would say, and then when he finds out about his bloodline, he sees the state of Rome and what Fred and Joe's characters have done to Rome, and suddenly he's got the birthright to kind of succeed them, his constitution is somewhat forced upon him, but I don't think it's to fair to say that he takes that in his stride, like the film ends on a question where he's seeking guidance. I would describe him in the latter half of the film as somewhat of a reluctant leader, but does have a constitution. We don't really know how far he gets with it, but I think he probably would make a good leader. "

"He recited the poem in an attempt to subvert the power because Denzel's character at that moment is trying to protect Lucius by saying, 'Oh, he doesn't understand English. He's from the Provinces, etc.' But by Lucius reciting something in English, he's letting the emperors know, 'It's not that I don't understand the question. I'm choosing not to answer it. So, instead, I'm going to recite a poem to you.' But it's a political decision. It's a charged decision. It's an exciting moment for an actor to get to play because anything can happen in a story context from that point."

Paul Mescal on Lucius: IAMMIKEMUSE

#paul mescal #josh o'connor #oliver hermanus #the history of sound #cannes film festival

#A standing ovation. It's what they deserved.