Paul Mescal has said that his Oscar nomination for Aftersun has been an “absurd” moment in his life, but it has provided welcome relief for his family as they go through a difficult time.
‘Aftersun’ Star Paul Mescal’s ‘Immense Love’ for Co-Star Frankie Corio Helped Him Play a Young Father
26.01.2023 - 01:59 / thewrap.com
When you read the script you immediately knew you wanted the role. Was there a specific moment that did it for you or was it more of an overall feeling?It was like when you read a good book… I can’t remember an exact moment. Let’s just say the first couple of pages I was like, ‘This is somebody who knows exactly what they want and how they want to go about doing it,’ even just from the writing, before I met [Wells].
How do you prepare to play a young father to an 11-year-old, somebody who’s close enough in age to be a sibling?That was obviously something I was nervous about before we started working. Then I started to think about stripping away the fact that, yeah, I’m not a dad or anything like that. So it was about just spending as much time [as possible] with [Corio].
Also, there’s a practicality to like, if you like the people that you’re working with normally the chemistry passes into the film. I feel like, luckily, that was the case with this. The preparation was just actually putting in the time with [Corio], to be totally honest.If the Sophie character had been younger it would have just naturally been a different dynamic.For sure.
I’m not 30, but the implication is that [Calum] is mistaken as her brother throughout the film, so it made sense to me.Did you walk away from the project with any insights into parenthood or what parents go through behind the scenes? It opened my eyes. You forget that your parents are these fully fledged human beings with their own needs and desires. That doesn’t stop the minute you have a kid, it just gets put in a different place.
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