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Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mesca has signed on to work on Richard Linklater’s new film.
Paul Mescal He is at the height of his career. He is currently nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars for his performance in Aftersun, it was recently revealed that he will be the lead in the sequel to Gladiatorwhere he was chosen by Ridley Scott over a large number of interpreters, and we will also see him in the new adaptation of Carmen as well as in Foealong with Saoirse Ronan.
Now, it has just been confirmed that Paul Mescal has been signed for a very ambitious project: It’s about Merrily We Roll Alongthe new one movie from the director Richard Linklatercreator and director of the iconic Before trilogy and Boyhood: Moments of a LifetimeBoth stories took years of filming and this will not be the exception in Linklater’s career: this filming will take place over 20 years.
as in Boyhood: Moment of a Lifetimewhich was filmed in 12 years, Merrily We Roll Along he plans to do the same, filming different scenes every couple of years, but this time to adapt the famous Broadway musical created by Stephen Soundheim and George Furth, which in turn adapted the 1934 play of the same name.
what’s it about?
The film will follow the story of Franklin Shepard (Paul Mescal), a Broadway musical composer. One day, Franklin decides to leave everything to move to Hollywood and become a producer. In this way, the story is told in reverse, where the protagonist reflects on the last twenty years of his life.
The incorporation of the actor aftersun comes after the drop BlakeJenner, who had been chosen in the first place to play Franklin. However, after the actor was embroiled in a series of accusations for domestic abuse, he left the project and Paul He entered to replace him, re-filming the scene that he had already done for the film. On the other hand, Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) and Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird) make up the rest of the cast.
“Saw merrily for the first time in the ’80s and fell in love, and I can’t think of a better place to spend the next twenty years than in the musical world of Soundheim,” he revealed. linklater. The film will only be able to be seen around 2040.
