Paul Mescal
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Nov 10, 2026
Sarah BerryHOST
I think if I had it my way, if I was designing a festival, I would still have those big names, but I would have it more focused on books.
Sarah BerryHOST
So for instance, I would have like Sally Rooney come with Daisy Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal talking about normal people and Daisy Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal can speak about adapting those characters for the screen and like what the story meant for them.
Sarah BerryHOST
And it's still very much about the book and the story.
Sarah BerryHOST
Like if we had Patrick Radden Keefe, for instance, speaking about the troubles, then maybe you have a big name politician who was also working in that time who can speak about what it felt like from that political sphere from inside Westminster or from inside a political party.
MarkHOST
I need to get on the casting team.
MarkHOST
Jack Loudon from Slow Horses? Paul Mescal and Jacob Elordi? Jacob Elordi? Who's that?
KimHOST
He dates Kendall Jenner.
KimHOST
Oh,
Connor DeneysHOST
contender.
Connor DeneysHOST
We were saying this off-air that we feel like Paul Mescal and, like, Jacob Elordi kind of are, like, too artsy to take on James Bond.
Connor DeneysHOST
Like, I feel like Jacob Elordi would be a good one because he's, like, he's got, like, the, like, gravitas and, like, you know, he's got the look, but, like, he's just not doing that right now.
Connor DeneysHOST
No.
Connor DeneysHOST
0495-101-907.
Connor DeneysHOST
Ooh.
Connor DeneysHOST
if you think that Paul Mescal isn't too sad to play James Bond.
Connor DeneysHOST
But in the meantime, we've got a song, and this is a pick from Ella, who is here in spirit.
SarahHOST
So he's in Slow Horses and the new Pride and Prejudice Netflix series.
SarahHOST
Paul Mescal and Jacob Elordi are also supposedly being...
SarahHOST
Although I had heard Jacob Elordi was out.
SarahHOST
Yeah, I've heard that too.
SarahHOST
So he's in Slow Horses and the new Pride and Prejudice Netflix series.
SarahHOST
Paul Mescal and Jacob Elordi are also supposedly being, although I had heard Jacob Elordi was out.
SarahHOST
Yeah, I've heard that too.
SarahHOST
That was a no. Um, and then the other one here is, uh, and he was considered a front runner just a couple of months ago is a guy by the name of Jack Barton.
BrandoHOST
Played for Josh O'Connor in The Crown, Callum Turner in Fantastic Beasts.
BrandoHOST
Paul Mescal and Jacob Elordi were also being considered.
BrandoHOST
I don't even think that...
BrandoHOST
Aren't they famous enough where they wouldn't...
Kelly JordanHOST
Oh, yeah.
Bryan RileyHOST
I mean, at one point they had Paul Mescal as the option.
Bryan RileyHOST
Idris Elba was in there.
Bryan RileyHOST
Idris Elba was also in the mix.
Will deFriesHOST
You just know.
Will deFriesHOST
I think they typed in like Paul Mezcal, but make it Jacob.
Will deFriesHOST
Yes,
Barrett DudleyHOST
yes, yes.
Martin QuibellHOST
Yes.
Ed ChenHOST
That is then followed by the business, which we've talked about in several places, the, oh, Paul Mescal is not tall enough.
Ed ChenHOST
Paul, you were part of the casting process.
Ed ChenHOST
Stop.
Rupert FordhamHOST
Hamlet became an international bestseller.
Rupert FordhamHOST
fame and fortune widely admired critically as well as being a huge commercial success and the film followed in january 2026 so earlier this year with jesse buckley as agnes and paul mescal as william shakespeare and jesse buckley won an oscar and again the film was widely praised even adored many of my friends thought it was just the most wonderful thing they'd ever seen Certainly a tearjerker.
Rupert FordhamHOST
I've got my reservations and again, we'll talk a bit more about that towards the end of this episode.
Rupert FordhamHOST
Before we go on to the book, Charlie, I just wanted to try and set out what we do know for sure about the world that Maggie O'Farrell is writing about here.
51 MINS LATER
Rupert FordhamHOST
It was too much.
Rupert FordhamHOST
And it happens twice.
Rupert FordhamHOST
And Paul Mescal, Shakespeare, I think he's solid.
Rupert FordhamHOST
He's a bit dull.
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