Paul Mescal Says He Wants To Take A Break From Acting

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Paul Mescal is ready for a break. In a Jan. 2 interview with The Guardian, the actor opened up about wanting to take an acting hiatus after years in the spotlight. Since scoring a starring role in Normal People in 2020, Mescal has been steadily building up his résumé with back-to-back roles in Aftersun, Gladiator II, The History of Sound, and Hamnet. Now, however, Mescal wants to slow down.

“I’m five or six years into this now, and I feel very lucky,” Mescal told The Guardian in a joint interview with his History of Sound co-star Josh O’Connor. “But I’m also learning th...