Normal People star and Irish treasure Paul Mescal is set to star in a gay period romance alongside God’s Own Country’s Josh O’Connor.
The pair will lead The History of Sound, a film from Oliver Hermanus, which is based on Ben Shattuck’s award-winning short story of the same name.According to Variety, the story follows two young men, Lionel and David (played by Mescal and O’Connor respectively), as they aim “to record the lives, voices and music of their countrymen” during the World War One era.“In this snatched, short-lived moment in their young lives, and while discovering the epic sweep of the U.S., both men are deeply changed,” an official film description reports.The BAFTA-award-winning and Emmy-nominated Kildare native has enjoyed.