Andrew Scott has praised Paul Mescal for being a “wonderful friend”, following the death of his mother.
The Irish actor’s mum Nora sadly passed away in March, after a short illness.
During a new interview with the Sunday Times, the 47-year-old said he was grateful for their friendship during such a “tough time”.
“I adore Paul,” he said.
“Obviously it’s been a tough time recently and he just continues to be a wonderful friend. It’s everything.
“The more I work in the industry, I realise, you make some stuff that people love and you make some stuff that people don’t like, and all really that you are left with is the relationships that you make. I love him dearly.”
The pair won critical acclaim for their roles in All Of Us Strangers earlier this year, in which they played on-screen lovers.
The film was loosely based on a 1987 Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada.
It follows screenwriter Adam (Andrew Scott) who, one night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, has a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal) that punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
As Adam and Harry get closer, Adam is pulled back to his childhood home where he discovers that his long-dead parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) are both living and look the same age as the day they died over 30 years ago.
Andrew said filming parts of All Of Us Strangers was painful yet cathartic, because of his own experiences as a young gay man.
“In a sense it was painful, to a degree, but it was cathartic because you are doing it with people that you absolutely love and trust,” he explained.
“I felt that it was going to be of use to people and I was right, it has been.
“The reaction to the movie has been genuinely extraordinary it makes people feel and see things, and that isn’t an easy thing to achieve.”
