After walling himself in silence, actor Paul Mescal spoke to salute the comments that went viral by Saoirse Ronan on the set of the “Graham Norton Show”. The actress had rebuffed the star of “Gladiator II” and the other guests who struggled to understand the fear of women in public spaces.
Hail Saoirse. The actor star of “Gladiator II” Paul Mescal returned to the comments of actress Saoirse Ronan on the set of the “Graham Norton Show” last October. The “Lady Bird” star tried to make the male guests understand what life is like for a woman when it comes to street safety. A round of applause from the female audience followed, then a long silence from the actors.
“She put her finger on the essential”
During his appearance on Patrick Kielty's show “The Late Late Show”, the star of “Gladiator II” for the first time returned to the comments of the American-Irish actress, congratulating Saoirse Ronan for having put highlight the problems that women could encounter in public spaces. “On a talk show like this, everyone is just talking, but I'm not surprised the message got so much attention because it's extremely important,” the “Normal” star explained People”.
“She's often the smartest person in the room, and I think she hit the nail on the head, hitting the nail on the head. And it's also a good thing that posts like this are gaining traction. This is the kind of conversation we should have on a daily basis,” continued Paul Mescal.
A lesson in feminism that went viral
Last October, sharing the sofa with Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, Eddie Redmayne found himself explaining how he learned to use a cell phone in a fight scene. By recounting having trained to defend himself with his smartphone for the needs of the series “The Day of the Jackal”, the actor had triggered laughter, including that of Paul Mescal. “Who’s really going to think about that? If someone attacks me, I won't think of using my cell phone,” added the Irish comedian while miming an attack with phone calls. What followed was a succession of jokes from the guests and presenter Patrick Kielty, under the exasperated gaze of Saoirse Ronan.
The actress then cut short the jokes of her male comrades, visibly far from being aware of what a woman alone in the street could endure. “That’s what women should always think about. Isn’t that right, ladies?” added Saoirse Ronan. Words acclaimed by the female audience, but followed by an icy silence from the actors.
Following her reaction which went viral on social networks, the actress of “Little Women” wanted to delay the reactions by specifying that Paul Mescal was one of her “very dear friends” and that she had “already had conversations of this kind with him and that he understood it perfectly.
