Mescal said he had to lose weight to film another movie, "The History of Sound," after "Gladiator 2."

Having stolen our hearts in the much-loved ‘Normal People’ five years ago, Paul Mescal tells Esther McCarthy that accepting the lead in the Gladiator sequel was a ‘no-brainer’

Mescal made an appearance in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” starring Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson, which premiered on Netflix in 2021. It’s a small but memorable role in this thorny exploration of motherhood and identity.