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Paul Mescal fans are shocked at the actor's real age: 'First man in history to be both 28 and 42'


Paul Mescal 's age has become a topic of viral interest. Fans of the 28-year-old Irish actor are stunned to find out that he is, in fact, 28 and not 36 or 42.

He initially planned to play Lucius as he was, thin and wiry, but he soon realized that wasn't the film maker's vision and hit the gym hard, working with a trainer to transform his body. The thespian, who rose to fame as Connel Waldron in the BBC's lockdown smash hit Normal People, plays the son of Russell Crowe's legendary Maximus. Although the character is long-since dead and buried, it is vengeful Lucius (Paul) who must fight for his liberty in the film after being taken into slavery and ripped away from his wife and daughter by general Marcus (Pedro Pascal).

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