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IRISH ACTOR PAUL Mescal is testing out his comedy chops this weekend to host the next episode of Saturday Night Live.
The 28-year-old is the guest celebrity on the New York-based comedy sketch show this Saturday night.
Mescal, known for starring role as Connell in the television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People, is hot off another major project.
He is the lead actor in Gladiator II, the sequel to the famous 2000 film starring Russell Crowe.
The new instalment is directed by Ridley Scott and was released in cinemas last month.
In a teaser trailer for this week’s episode, Mescal appears to be still embodying his Gladiator character – perhaps a little too much.
Additionally, Irish singer Hozier has been announced as a musical guest on SNL later this month.
He’s lined up to perform on the 21 December episode of the show.
Other celebrity and musical guests on SNL between now and Christmas are Chris Rock, Martin Short, Shaboozey and Gracie Adams.
The long-running comedy show produces various sketches, with a different celebrity guest participating in the sketches and a musical act performing in each episode.
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Jaysus he’s gorgeous
@Isla Carabine: Easy tiger. You’ll upset the incels like Basildon Joe below.
@Isla Carabine: wouldn’t be throwing him outta bed for eating tayto that’s for sure…
@Dave G Doe: pretty sick
@Dave G Doe: you sure are!
He’s alright but Saturday night live is losing audience continuously.
@Ned: SNL is for the brain dead, I tried it recently, I lasted about 15 minutes, absolutely woeful stuff
@Ned: its numbers are up. “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) continues to perform well in viewership despite shifting TV trends. This season, the show has averaged 7.3 million viewers across its first seven episodes.
Erm… trailer about as funny as a kick in the bawls.
Just don’t get the fuss at all, he was shyte in Gladiator 2 , woeful.
@Darius Guppy: Fair play to him for his success, but he’s a very mediocre actor.
Woke nonsense with that guy.
@Basildon Joe: Pure begrudgery . Sad man
@FoxyBoiiYT: wokey wokey!!
@Basildon Joe: Trolly Trolly!!
@Basildon Joe: how is he woke? He’s just a lad from Bally…. Haunis
@Basildon Joe: Paranoid, jealous nonsense.
@Isla Carabine: he said there are 62 genders. One of them woke nutters
@Basildon Joe: Woke woke woke. Ots all ye facists have. Go back to bed Frank
SNL used to be unmissable, not anymore, woke lefty tripe, perfect platform for that useless bore Mescal
The guy has the personality of a fence post, I’d say he’s related to Pat insufferable bore Kenny.
Incredible the way that if someone does not consider a person a good actor they are begrudgers or jealous. Daniel Day Lewis ,Colin Farrell and Emmet Scanlan are great actors Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan are not . Anyone should be allowed to have an opinion without being hammered for it.
Now go home and get your sausages!
Mescal has sold his soul.
Surely it won’t be as bad as the one with Saoirse Ronan. SNL is very poor, like the jokes in a transition year Christmas show.
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