WATCH: Paul Mescal profiled by Seth Doane

I attended a screening of Gladiator II over the weekend and it is terrific! It makes a major movie star out of lead Paul Mescal who has already earned critical acclaim and award nominations for his performances in Aftersun, All of Us Strangers and the TV series Normal People. Now, the dreamy Irish actor has become a Gen Z heartthrob and is front-and-center of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his Oscar-winning 2000 epic of ancient Rome. Mescal talks with correspondent Seth Doane about acting alongside such icons as Denzel Washington; and what he first felt on stage in a high school production of The Phantom of the Opera.