{"id":224391,"date":"2025-10-19T05:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/224391\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:03:08","slug":"paul-mescal-says-working-with-josh-oconnor-made-heavy-film-feel-light-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/224391\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal says working with Josh O\u2019Connor made heavy film feel light | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/paul-mescal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Mescal<\/a> said exploring the weighty themes of his new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/film\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">film<\/a> The History of Sound was made easier by sharing the experience with his close friend and co-star, Josh O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the London <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/film\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Film<\/a> Festival premiere on Saturday, October 18, Mescal described the shoot as \u201ca three-week hangout with a new great friend.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The pair were attending the movie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/london-film-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Film Festival<\/a> premiere at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/royal-festival-hall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Festival Hall<\/a>, where they discussed their close bond with The Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Oliver Hermanus, The History of Sound is a tender period romance about music and memory, starring Mescal and O\u2019Connor as two young men brought together through song during World War I. <\/p>\n<p>The film is set to arrive in UK cinemas in early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Paul Mescal said exploring the weighty themes of his new film The History of Sound was made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-224391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}