The Guardian: ‘Masculinity can be expressed in many ways’: actor Paul Mescal on luck, sex scenes and risk taking
But Normal People endeared him to fans who were patently less interested in his craft than in his body. Mescal never got comfortable with seeing naked pictures of himself across the internet, though he says he’s proud of the sex scenes because of their authenticity. He and his co-star, Daisy Edgar‑Jones, worked closely with an intimacy coordinator, Ita O’Brien, who compares her job to teaching people to waltz.