Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott have opened up about their “bromance.”
The actors appeared on the Late Late Show following the Dublin premiere of their new movie.
The highly anticipated film All Of Us Strangers will make its debut in Irish cinemas on January 26th.
Paul told the host: “I’m a huge admirer of Andrew’s work and have been for years, but I think All Of Us Strangers was the start of the friendship or the bromance that people are referencing now.”
Andrew Scott agreed and added: “Sometimes you just have chemistry, I don’t necessarily mean it like physical chemistry or whatever but chemistry is a really weird thing with actors you just have to really enjoy acting with each other.”
The Normal People star explained that it was the “intense” nature of the scenes in the movie that bonded them.
The 27-year-old said: “We had to do really intense stuff in the movie and that kind of bonds you when you’re sitting naked on a Monday morning at nine o’clock- you’ve gotta have a laugh.”
“I’ll set the scene, it’s 07:30 in the morning and there’s about 40 hairy grips littered around the set and you’re kind of stark naked- you never get used to it”
The host jokingly asked where breakfast comes into the equation, and Andrew quipped: “You’re not having breakfast because your top is about to come off!”
The pair agreed that being close enough to share a laugh gets rid of any awkwardness.
Paul said: “It makes a huge difference when you can have a laugh about it with your friends, it’s very bizarre.”
The film is loosely based on a 1987 Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada, and it has been described by British GQ as “a ghostly gay romance”.
The Normal People actor and the Fleabag star play lovers in this haunting romance, written and directed by Andrew Haigh.
The movie follows the story of Adam, played by Andrew Scott, who has a chance encounter with his neighbour Harry, played by Paul Mescal.
The film’s official synopsis says this encounter “punctures the rhythm of [Adam’s] everyday life.”
“As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents appear to be living — just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.”
The Irish actors will star alongside The Crown’s Claire Foy and Rocketman star Jamie Bell.
