28 steps to becoming Paul Mescal
Happy birthday to our favourite Internet Boyfriend, babygirl, Gen Z's Marlon Brando. The man who made us all up our running game just in case we encountered him in one of his favoured North East London boozers (more on this later). He’s 28 today, so here we track the 28 steps that propelled him from zero to Gladatorial hero in no time. You’re welcome.
1. Maynooth
The boy, the legend was born in County Kildare, to mum Dearbhla a Garda, and dad, also Paul, a teacher and sometime actor. And because he was born 2nd February 1996, not one year later, it officially makes him a very junior Millennial, although he's somehow become the Gen Z poster boy. We’ll let him off.
2. Gaelic Football
Mescal’s first love was football — by which, of course, we mean the Irish kind – which he played at a high level for Kildare’s U21s,
