MESCAL REPRESENTS IRELAND WITH STEAMY NOMINATION...
ACTOR Paul Mescal has been nominated as the ‘Sexiest man alive” 2021 alongside Hollywood stars Patrick Dempsey and Chris Hemsworth.
The 25-year old has got the nod for the ‘ sexiest eyes’ category of People Magazine’s prestigious contest.
Mescal is the only Irishman to make the cut this year in the sexy stakes.
Other categories include sexiest firsttime dad, sexiest summer Olympian, sexiest TV star, sexiest smile, sexiest TikTok star, and sexiest accent.
While Michael B. Jordan was crowned People Magazine’s sexiest man alive last year after an online vote, other previous titleholders include John Legend, Idris Elba, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, and David Beckham.
The Kildare actor shot to fame in 2020 — after appearing as Connell Waldron in the television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People.
The series quickly set the world alight during the first Covid lockdown.
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Paul’s heart-throb status was cemented when he donned his now iconic silver chain on screen.
Mescal also became the poster boy for GAA shorts, making the humble training garment the biggest must- have fashion accessory, in the world.
Other classic Irish staples like Aran jumpers were showing up in Vogue magazine photo shoots, thanks to the Mescal effect.
Gucci began selling white O’Neill style, nylon shorts featuring their green and red striped down the leg.
Pauls’ career has skyrocketed since he first appeared on Normal People.
Mescal and Jessie Buckley’s new movie, has scored a perfect 100 per cent approval on movie website Rotten Tomatoes.
The Lost Daughter, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Coleman, has received rave reviews from critics worldwide.
The film sees Leda, a British academic on a beach holiday in Greece, who becomes obsessed with another woman and her daughter. Mescal plays an Irish student who is working on the island.