Normal People’s Paul Mescal stars as a bleary-eyed partygoer in the trailer for the new Rolling Stones music video Scarlet
He was nominated for a prestigious Emmy Award this week.
And Normal People’s Paul Mescal is continuing his incredible breakout year as he stars as the lead man in a new Rolling Stones video.
The Irish actor, 24, plays a hunky partygoer wearing black tie in the trailer released on Monday for track Scarlet.
Star: Normal People’s Paul Mescal is continuing his incredible breakout year as he stars as the lead man in a new Rolling Stones video
The video, which will be released in full on Thursday, shows the heartthrob sitting at a laptop in a white shirt and an untied bow tie.
It was filmed at London’s exclusive Claridge’s hotel using a socially distanced set.
The track was written in 1974 with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and had not been previously released.
Big name: The Irish actor, 24, plays a hunky partygoer wearing black tie in the trailer released on Monday for track Scarlet
Heartthrob: The video, which will be released in full on Thursday, shows the actor sitting at a laptop in a white shirt and an untied bow tie
Young talent: It was filmed at London’s exclusive Claridge’s hotel using a socially distanced set
Icons: The Irish actor, 24, plays a ‘hunky party boy’ in the video for the iconic band’s track Scarlet, which was written in 1974 with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page (pictured October 2017)
It will feature in the reissue of the iconic band’s album Goats Head Soup, due for release next month.
Paul was recently recognised for his portrayal of Trinity College student Connell in BBC Three’s acclaimed adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling coming-of-age novel at the the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Mescal has been nominated in the category for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, but he faces stiff competition from fellow nominees Jeremy Irons, High Jackman, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Pope.
However Daisy Edgar-Jones, Mescal’s troubled onscreen lover Marianne Sheridan, surprisingly missed out on a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
Rise to fame: Paul shot to fame for his portrayal of Trinity College student Connell in Normal People
Paul has since thanked Daisy, 22, for her work and championed her ‘extraordinary talent’ for the show’s success.
Sharing a picture of Connell in tears, the Irish star thanked Daisy, as well as Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson.
He wrote: ‘My actual face right now! Thank you to absolutely everyone at @ElementPictures, @Hulu and @BBCThree!
Nominated: The acclaimed actor has been recently recognised for the role with an Emmy nomination
‘@lennyabrahamson I will never be able to thank you enough! @DaisyEdgarJones this only exists because of you and your extraordinary talent it’s as simple as that! Thank you all x.’
Mescal has also shared his disappointment for co-star Daisy being snubbed, he told Vulture: ‘If it was me I would have given her all the love in that category. I can’t speak highly enough of the work she did on the show.
‘I know there are extraordinary actresses nominated in that category, but I think Daisy’s work is just phenomenal in this.’
This year’s Primetime Emmy Awards will be conducted virtually as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, with guests participating from home for the first time in the show’s history.
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We’ve done so much good for each other: Mescal thanked co-star Daisy for her work and championed her ‘extraordinary talent’ for the show’s success as he scored an Emmy nomination