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‘History Of Sound’ Director & Paul Mescal Dismiss Comparisons Of Pic To ‘Brokeback Mountain’; Actor Updates On ‘Beatles’ Movie – Cannes
At the heart of History of Sound is wonderful gay romance between two men during the early 1900s. But don’t make any comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, please per the movie’s star Paul Mescal and South African director Oliver Hermanus. Mescal plays Lionel, a talented singer from rural Kentucky raised on the songs his father sang. […]
But don’t make any comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, please per the movie’s star Paul Mescal and South African director Oliver Hermanus. “When I look at Brokeback Mountain, it’s dealing with repression, this film is pointed in the opposite direction,” he added, “To be honest, I find those comparisons lazy and frustrating.” We caught up with Mescal in the scrum after the press conference, asking him what his prep has been like to play Liverpool native Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes’ quad Beatles epic.
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