“It’s so hard to describe.”
Normal people was one of the big TV sensations in 2020, no doubt. The Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel from 2018 had everyone talking.
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One of the main topics was steamy sex scenes from the show – and during a recent appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Normal peoplePaul Mescal wasted the beans on what it was like to shoot it with co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones.
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“Look, it’s a bizarre experience,” he admitted. “It’s so hard to describe because it’s a lot of private encounters, depending on what you like.”
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“If you bring ten people into the room, a tree operator, and you’m dipped in fake sweat, it’s just a very difficult thing.”
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“We obviously had an incredible team, an incredibly supportive team that made such scenes feel like the least awful thing.”
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Worsening matters for Mescal: His concern that his ‘aunt on the west coast of Ireland’ will finally get a glimpse of the turbulent scenes.
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“We talked about what the program was going to be, and we warned her that if she ever felt it was coming into the area, to maybe go make a cup of tea, you could remove yourself from the room.”
“I think she underestimated that the scenes were quite long, and a few cups of tea were made.”
Hopefully she doesn’t have to make as many cups of tea as she watches what he does next.
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