"It's so good when you get to do Zoom press with ['Gladiator II' co-star] Pedro [Pascal] or 'The History of Sound' co-star] Josh [O'Connor] or Jessie," he said. "It's immediate. It's such a joy. But I do find that it cranks up this level of imposter syndrome, where you spend so much time talking about it that when you go back to set, you're like, 'Jesus, I better be fucking good,' because you spent so much time discussing it. I'm just taking a break from promoting because I have nothing to promote!"
"Mescal has been practicing the guitar since October 2024, a process he described as initially "slow, arduous" because he had to switch to his left hand. "But I can play." He was already versed on the piano. He has music in him, ever since he discovered his muse playing the lead role in "Phantom of the Opera" in secondary school."
Paul Mescal is filming as Paul McCartney for Sam Mendes at Bovington Airfield Studios outside London while promoting Chloé Zhao's Hamnet in Los Angeles around awards season. Mescal attended the Palm Springs Awards Gala, Critics Choice Awards, and the Golden Globes while earning a Screen Actors Guild Actor Award nomination. He looks forward to returning to set to strum bass left-handed and sing harmonies with Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn, while Barry Keoghan drums. The project comprises four movies with live Beatles performances, creating a two-year acting stretch without promotion duties. Mescal has practiced guitar since October 2024 and draws on earlier musical experience.
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