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I love musicals, he told Ariana Grande outright in hisActors on Actorsvideo on December 10.

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Someone get this boy intoJesus Christ Superstar.

I was 16, he recounted to Grande.

I was in transition year, which is like two years before finishing school.

Still: A deep love was born.

The full productionhas been uploaded to YouTube.

September 2630, 2012:Mescal stars as Javert in the Meath Youth Musical Societys production ofLes Miserables.

He won the role over 100 other candidates per a contemporaneous article fromthe MeathChronicle.

In the video evidence we have, his sideburns take up most of his face.

Big commitment for a boy who hasnt done musical theater in almost ten years!

He wants back in.

April 21, 2023:One of his first projects to release postNormal People?

A mostly songlessfilm adaptationof theoperaCarmenin which Melissa Barrera plays a dancer; it is largely buried by the studio.

Maybe hell get the chance to see a few musicals while hes in town … get inspired.

We bet hed loveDeath Becomes Her.

December 8, 2024:MescalhostsSaturday Night Liveand stars in a parody sketch ofGladiator II,the musical.

Yes, its true: Mescals singing voice is positively beautiful.

And he wants to do it live!

Be free, broody Paul, be free!

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