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Our Normal People reunion ended up as drinking game

- By Alex Green

THEY sizzled on screen – but Normal People pair Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones got sozzled off screen when rewatching the racy show.

Mescal revealed that he and his co-star recently got together to rewatch the hit series in full... and it ended up as a drinking game.

The pair had been unable to watch the 12-part series, which aired on RTÉ and BBC in the spring, together due to lockdown restrictio­ns.

But Kildare dreamboat Mescal, who has been named Breakthrou­gh Actor of the Year at GQ’s forthcomin­g virtual Men Of The Year Awards, told the magazine that when they got to do it, the experience had been ‘very special’.

The 24-year-old said: ‘Last week we got together and watched the whole thing through. We actually ended up playing a little drinking game: every time Connell [Mescal’s character] wouldn’t complete a sentence or any time Marianne [Edgar-Jones’s character] would make an emphatic statement that made Connell uncomforta­ble, we did a shot... It was very special to get to do that with her. The thing we shared – will always share – is so unique.’

The GQ Men Of The Year Awards airs on British GQ’s YouTube channel this Thursday at 8pm.

 ??  ?? A naughty knees-up: Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar- Jones
A naughty knees-up: Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar- Jones

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