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Saturday Night Live Recap: Paul Mescal Tries Something New
Paul Mescal delivers whatever’s asked of him and shares the spotlight with SNL’s three new cast members.
From his breakout role in the Sally Rooney adaptation Normal People to his devastating, Oscar-nominated work in Aftersun, and even Gladiator II, Mescal’s specialty is playing smokeshows who are Going Through It. (“I’m the mad emperor with the bad temper-er, bangin’ eunuchs and tunics, January to December-er.”) This is the kind of sketch that makes one marvel at what the SNL team can accomplish in a single week. • James Austin Johnson does an incredible Bob Dylan in the movie premiere sketch, and Mescal sounds exactly like Bono, but it also must be said that “Jess, Logan, Dean” is indeed the proper ranking of Rory’s boyfriends on Gilmore Girls.
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