Exclusive Normal People Interview With Daisy Edgar-Jones & Paul Mescal: Becoming Marianne & Connell
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An exclusive chat with Daisy-Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal on their process of becoming the characters Marianne and Connell, and how they approached shooting some of their more intimate moments on screen.
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I binged this show in one night and it destroyed me emotionally
@liadanryan-gerhardt7189
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, same! Except in 3 nights ! :D It tore me apart, all the intimate scenes both physical and emotional. Just so much emotion, can't take it. Am in puddles of tears hahaha
@dennisward100
4 жыл бұрын
I'm 54... Went through the whole married thing for nearly a quarter of a century with my ex who I still have a love for and still get along with. Then have been through 8 years since our divorce and had many an encounter sexually and loved every minute, and came to think I couldn't be taught anything about love and yet sat alone, as strong and self made a character as I am found myself mesmerized by the beauty of a love I forgot how to feel again... I cried... Not through sadness, but with a love they shared... A love that really exists... It's real... Restored my faith in love in fact... Thank the whole crew for that gem and insight into the human heart. Thank you all. Beautiful.
@kaliiiii__
3 жыл бұрын
Same! Same! Loved this series so much
@tracexxface
3 жыл бұрын
same, same
@jagcf
3 жыл бұрын
Me too all episodes straight!
Some of the best chemistry I’ve ever seen in a television series. The intimate scenes are filmed impeccably, I just can’t imagine a love story told better than this. Kind of breaks my heart and gives me hope at the same time.
@morse1883
3 жыл бұрын
Proper recognition at last. Daisy E-J has been nominated for the 2021 Golden Globes for her role as Marianne in Normal People according to the Evening Standard of 03/02/21. [ Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie] About time too! Excellent news; well done Daisy for your brilliant performance. What a beautiful, intelligent women with maturity that belies her age! However, Paul Mescal was snubbed.
@critical_analysis
2 жыл бұрын
I really don't know if this is one can he described as love or innocence. Seemed like two persons who were selfish and had casual hookups. Vm
@PianoMeSasha
2 жыл бұрын
it gives me no hope , but did destroy me.
@courtnisaizon4546
11 ай бұрын
The intimate scenes were impeccable.
"Its not like this with any other show"
@Monica-lv7zn
4 жыл бұрын
you got the point!
@ruinnaimperii4686
4 жыл бұрын
Pristi I have been seeing your comments on every video linked to this show. Oh, this show have awestruck you too
@sousaperesfernando
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! Beautiful show and great actors
@asmaezerouali4678
2 жыл бұрын
exactly
@olypav4593
2 жыл бұрын
I know
I binged this last night and I would easily binge it again. “It’s not like this with anyone else”
@humanbeingalienable
4 жыл бұрын
I couldnt agree more im still hooked like i wanna rewatch it so much but that would be super unhealthy
@sabrinaleota8973
4 жыл бұрын
Tanya H yes 😭❤️ me tooooo
@iheartmydogs1870
4 жыл бұрын
Same!
@elliemayxo
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched it through twice now. It’s that good
@jaylea8336
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched it twice and finished the book since it came out and I would still watch it again 🙈
As a 83 year old widow, this is not my normal viewing . I have binged watched this three times into the early hours and it has brought back emotions and stirrings I have not felt since 1953. Bloody marvellous. Had to send the career out for some more Kleenex.
@kventinho
3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that I've seen so many comments like this from women and men alike, all across various ages. A testament to how brilliantly made the show is, distilling the very essence of the novel which is relatable to anyone who have loved before.
@adamgriffiths8639
2 жыл бұрын
@@kventinho top stuff peter!!
If Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway had a child it would most certainly resemble Daisy Edgar Jones
@user-ii8yt4ym5k
4 жыл бұрын
I share the exact same thought with u when I was watching the show
@akatsukiexpert
4 жыл бұрын
A bit of Emmy Rossum in there
@sadiabegum1099
4 жыл бұрын
said this from the beginning haha
@Muireannisakitty
4 жыл бұрын
Exact same thought also!!
@nevanianaidoo4625
4 жыл бұрын
My thoughts 😳 exactly
Her lrish accent is incredible!
@Aaron-he3qd
4 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe she’s not Irish. That accent would have convinced me she was.
@prending
4 жыл бұрын
Hands down, the best irish accent anyone non irish has done in tv or film.
@rustywine7839
4 жыл бұрын
Her mam is Irish.
@johanneflanagan7950
4 жыл бұрын
I think she got it right because she didn't over do the accent keeping quite neutral, often you hear actors go from kerry to belfast to dublin and then to pirate accents all in the one sentence.
@nestagriffiths3697
4 жыл бұрын
johanne flanagan and her mum is from northern ireland so that must’ve helped, hearing her everyday forever
I THOUGHT SHE WAS IRISH WTF!!!! She's got such a good accent
@alanhutchins5221
4 жыл бұрын
It's called acting.....
@lapitch1
4 жыл бұрын
@Andrew Pryce just because your born in a barn doesn't make you a horse
They have such great chemistry.
@khursheedkhursheed5614
4 жыл бұрын
Jasmin love you
Honestly I thought it was a masterpiece. Left me absolutely wrecked. They're both extraordinary and their chemistry together is dynamite. I became particularly immersed in Daisy's performance, I couldn't look away; her facial expressions and gestures, the emotional cracks in her voice just had me in tears repeatedly.
Honestly the best thing I've ever watched I felt so emotionally entwined with the characters and felt everything that they felt never had a series make me feel like this before
@mylife55
4 жыл бұрын
Yes.. all you said.
Like everybody else here, I was absolutely floored by this impeccable series. It moved me more than any film, or any book. As a 50 year old man, I don't normally watch stuff like this, in fact I would say I would have avoided it if it had been sold on the sex, but I was floored. Just staggering. Exceptional, incredible. Every single scene, word, look, glance, facial tick was immaculately observed and acted. I have binged it twice, and still cannot help but dip back in. Never seen anything quite so beautiful. Could not take my eyes off Daisy, and Paul was equally superb. Just epic. 10/10.
Thanks to all involved in bringing us this series. I'm a nearly 60-year-old man, and while I'm watching the show, I'm transported to my much younger years when the feelings portrayed by the actors were quite vivid - and painful. Beautiful work by the actors. And I much appreciate the 30 minute (give or take) length of each episode. Gives you time to catch an episode here and there without feeling like you should be doing something else.
@fredhealy3416
4 жыл бұрын
Bless
Binged watched last night and still haven’t been able to digest. Too painful.
Marianne: "Who is it obvious to?"
@alprince1999
4 жыл бұрын
:'(
I haven't seen any other comments about this but I think for me and a lot of my friends it was really nice to see something so Irish and that presented growing up in Ireland so authentically. We never hear people in shows talking about gaa or the debs or the applying to the cao and I think it was really special in that way
@Jeanor99
4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with this!
@alprince1999
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not Irish but I appreciated it too but obviously can't relate. Nice to read that they made it so authentic, probably one of the parts that makes it so special.
Really enjoyed the show, finished the series in two sittings 😂.
@anjirichards8377
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@billy3804
4 жыл бұрын
Finished it all today morning
@92You.
4 жыл бұрын
I hate that they can’t get it together and stay together
@alfred4196
4 жыл бұрын
Same
Impeccable series from start to finish, no exaggerated sequences, just real life scenarios. Genuinely struck a chord. Brilliant writing, direction and acting from all cast members and an amazing minimalistic score to go along with what's onscreen. I hope there's a second series...
The best part of all of this is the chemistry.
One of the best Dramas I’ve seen in along time. Paul Mescal and Sarah Greene were brilliant and so was Daisy Edgar Jones.The Acting from everyone was another level. Normal people was extremely relatable as well so many different emotions and issues covered. I really struggled at school because I didn’t have many friends and didn’t enjoy being there and also I struggle with mental health and think about killing myself. I binge watched it in two days. I’ll probably watch it again at some point. Hopefully in the future to go back and continue the story. Really well done loved it 👍
@joyegreg
4 жыл бұрын
Be well. Sending you care.
@allanford7767
4 жыл бұрын
JG thank You 🙏
Anyone else noticed how her Irish accent came through when she said “farted” hahaha
She kind of goes in between Irish and British now haha
@sajini7925
4 жыл бұрын
hahah I think it's cuz her mums Irish she grew up around the accent
@msvideos234
4 жыл бұрын
@@Bergdampf the accent, smart ass
They're absolutely beautiful together.
Hollywood cannot never make something classic like this beautiful moving relatable TV series.
I literally cried in every other scene from episode 1 - 6 (halfway). I was so emotional attached to their love and felt every hidden or unspoken emotion that they tried to express. I haven't cried to any other drama like this since Titanic!
I’ve already watched this series twice! I’m so obsessed... what an amazing portrayal of the novel. I would say it surpassed my expectations and is better than the book!
Utterly smitten with the whole series, even though I'm not usually one for love stories. It really creeps up on you, starting out innocently enough and then the two main characters start to become people you really care about, to the point where you just so want them to be happy. I keep watching the final episode again and again, and it breaks me up every time. The acting, direction, story and script, and especially the music are impeccable throughout and couldn't be bettered. An outstanding series.
The most powerful and moving series ive seen for a long time. Love the 2 main characters.
One of the best stories ever and acted brilliantly by Daisy and Paul. Lets hope they get many, many more roles,.....together!!
What a breathtaking series. Felt totally immersed. So beautifully written and such great acting
I love these actors and the characters they portray. I hope we get another season so we can revisit them later on, I really want to follow them throughout their lives.
This series was so perfect. ❤️ These actors performed so beautifully. I didn’t even feel the hours passing as i kept going through the episodes lol- PLEASE MAKE SEASON 2 IM NOT DONE WITH THESE CHARACTERS 💔 💔 😭
Such a cinematic series, loved it
I can’t believe how much I loved this programme.
Love this, as each episode finishes it leaves you craving for more, the acting is brilliant, well done all involved.
Fantastic adaptation of the book! The characters cast did the book justice! I couldn't put the book down and I've binged watched the whole series. You actually feel that your going on a journey with this couple and I hope that lots of young people watch this because it's such a good message especially for boys because of the way Connell expresses his emotions honestly. I hope we're going to be treated to a second series and Sally Rooney continues to write. I hope Normal People gets the recognition it deserves and awards given to writers , producers and cast members. Well done BBC THREE for streaming this series.
amazing story telling - both are outstanding
I saw an edit on my tik tok, and decided to check out this show. I wish I would of known about this sooner. Binged this in one day. Reminds me of my ex. A PUDDLE OF TEARS, hands down the best show I have watched.
I’m obsessed with this. Big time!
The most realistic depiction of love in a tv show to date. I think a majority of us who watch this, replay their own relatable memories of their own past loves...
This is probably the first drama I’ve watched in years....or ever that the love scenes actually made sense. These two did not act their characters, they WERE their characters. I really did not like the ending though
As an Irish Millenial, i found this show very very relatable to us. So accurate!
I've binged this twice this week. So brilliant and lovely. Perhaps the best romance and intimacy every recorded on film. It is such an amazing film I can't believe it's not more popular.
Amazing series, I'm a 42yr old, went to Uni in 1995, but still could relate completely...it all felt so real.
I think Sally Rooney needs to write the second series to Normal People, she cant leave us hanging like this...she needs to tell us their story... further on... pls 🤗🤗🤗🥰
@proximacentauri2684
3 жыл бұрын
Noooo! It's perfect as it is. Connell went to New York and did what he loves to do. Marianne probably became a researcher. Or a politician. Or wrote books like Connell. And they each travelled the world. Sometimes together, sometimes together with friends, sometimes alone. They actively chose not to rely upon one another for happiness, but to live lives conducive to contentment, and share the joy they had with one another only when the time was right. It couldn't have ended any more beautifully, for me. Love shouldn't prevent people from living completely individual lives and experiencing the world and all its wonders.
@Carmen-vt9if
3 жыл бұрын
Michael Beever well that’s the thing Michael, the essence of love is to be able to share this world and its beauty together. Love will always make you want the other one to be with you, it never goes separate.
The depth of this show is beyond and more it shows the reality of right person just wrong time, I’ve never appreciated a such a love story, you end up just breaking your own heart honestly
This series had me captivated after 14 seconds. Beautiful.
I love all the comments that begin with "as a person of age above typical viewing audience, I binge watched this series etc"... It is wonderful that it connected so many people to the innate sense of love and being loved. I'm very proud of this show and story and book and people connecting to their romantic selves. It's wonderful to read thank you 🙌🏻👏🏻🙏🏻💓🥰
their chemistry omygoooodddd i want them onmore movies and series plssss
A very special series in so many ways. Brilliant writing, cast, acting, cinematography, music. Absolutely amazing!
First of all IM OBSESSED WITH THESE TWO AND NORMAL PEOPLE. Second she does an amazing Irish accent and thirdly she looks like Anne Hathaway
@aubrey5993
4 жыл бұрын
anne hathaway and naomi watts!
Loved watching this, I’ve just binge watched the whole series in one and I’ve literally cried all the way through
@katieanastasia
4 жыл бұрын
Yes me too!!!
@cazfloss1990
4 жыл бұрын
Just Jo Nail Addict Me three 😀
Incredible performances by the two actors 👌 watched whole series in one go as spell bound by it !
Give them ALL THE AWARDS!
the fact that orla gartland's song is featured in the trailer makes me so emo every time :')
@wildly_alice3437
3 жыл бұрын
yes!! i was looking for this comment, I've only just finished the show and completely forgot Orla was in it, I genuinely teared up when I heard her music :')
It was wonderful how true the book is portrayed in the series. I cant imagine any other connell and marianne except for these two now 🥰
Paul is a tremendous actor!
Loved this show
Really good show, felt like I felt every emotion with them
Normal People is one of the best shows this year, beautifully crafted and solid character development, the chemistry between Connell & Marianne was amazing. Paul & Daisy were perfectly cast, cannot get over how precious and cute Daisy Edgar-Jones is! Her physique and fringe convinces me she'd be perfect to play Max Caulfield in the live action Life is Strange series 💙
This show made me believe the presence of LOVE again. How lucky they r finding the soulmate in their life. That used to be my dream and I suppose to give up.
I have rewatched this show 4 times all the way through
Im so in love with the show i enjoyed every second.
This show was so intense, so raw and so real. If you haven't watched it, please do!
“Everything felt huge”
Both leading actors were superb. A BAFTA performance if ever I saw one. Congratulations to all who made this Drama. Paul and Daisy are so talented.
Loved this series
Good job! Loved it!
These two are just something else😍❤️
incredible performances from the both
Proper recognition at last. Daisy E-J has been nominated for the 2021 Golden Globes for her role as Marianne in Normal People according to the Evening Standard of 03/02/21. [ Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie] About time too! Excellent news; well done Daisy for your brilliant performance. However, although Paul Mescal was snubbed he it absolutely delighted that Daisy, his gorgeous 'friend', has finally received the recognition she so richly deserves. What an amazing couple they make.
The way I saw myself in the main characters hit a little too close to home tbh - it was mildly triggering, but overall I loved this series possibly more than any other cinematic artwork I have seen. I haven’t read the book, but the detailed emotions in the film felt like what you can usually only achieve in your own imagination by reading a book.
I hope they make a second series, I wasnt to keen on how this one left off.
@blank8974
3 жыл бұрын
it’s how the book ended and there’s no second book. it’s a bittersweet ending and that’s how it’s meant to be. i guess it’s up for your interpretation as to whether they end up back in the same place together.
I'm so so in love with this series...and I love love so much these two! 🥰
So obsessed with her laugh at 1:51
Thank God for chemistry! They are impeccable! ❤️❤️❤️
waiting patiently for season 2.
Delightful actors in this outstanding television series.
they should win every award for their performance
I just felt the connection even before watching this series..... And trust me it's too emotional...
love Daisy's clear bright eyes!
Not my kind of story, and yet I binge watched it and was so moved by it. Great job especially to the actors!
Please, i need a second season.
oh my god please do sequel that was great ;((
What a wonderful performance! So very real, but hardly ever exressed, the pain of young first love! Old Mary Whitehouse has certainly gone, thank goodness!.....I liked the fact that they used contraceptives at all times, and he was so very caring towards her during her first experience, and said that it was ok to stop if shee wanted! We all knew the feeling of our other half being in close extremity in the class at this age and the subsequent feelings, when apart! Just a wonderful drama, and I can say this and I am now an OAP, you always remember your first true love! Thankyou Daisy and Paul!.........................old Tich.
THIS SHOW IS THE BEST!!!!
Loved the show so much i watched it twice within a cpl of days. Took me back to those teenage feelings of love, was so nice and heart breaking as well in places.. hope they will do another series
what a fantastic show.
This is the best show I've seen since the leftovers and they could not be more different 😂
These two are darling.. great actors great chemistry. I would love to see them in a movie together . They both have very bright futures
I always thought she was Irish, I've only just discovered she's English. Her accent was very good. One comment I'd have is that I thought it would conclude at the end of the last episode - you can see it was left open for another series. I really enjoyed it.
A wonderful programme
It was a good show, their chemistry was super! I felt deep
She looked like Anne Hathaway the whole series. It was quite distracting btw
@XXXIMSEXYNIKNOWITXXX
4 жыл бұрын
There were some shots where she looked like the most beautiful woman in the world
@davidwright8340
4 жыл бұрын
First thing my daughter said to me. Dad she is a double for Anne Hathaway. Some of the close up shots were most distracting. Totally agree with you. I thought both leading actors were brilliant. Total chemistry.
@lifewillseeyounow6550
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah she should have made the effort to change her face. It was lazy on her part and distracting for us. I kept breaking into songs from Les Miserables for Christ’s sakes.
@melg6834
3 жыл бұрын
Eww please! Anne has a huge horse mouth and scary eyes. Daisy is super pretty.
this series is so underrated
I'm borderline obsessed with these two lovely people
Great show
I love the show. It’s very beautiful, also sad in some parts. There’s a great connection between the two, both afraid of breaking each other hearts. The female is a bit odd, cause she’s not use to easy love. Marianne comes from a hard loving family. Her family is so distant. She feels alone when not with Connell. Connell understands her more than anyone. She understands him. She doesn’t want to keep him from his greatest potential, which is awesome. I wish she would stop trying to split being close to him. She overthinks a lot, which is easy to understand knowing her background. Maybe she’s afraid of something (like a personal thing she needs to learn). Her family had a huge impacted on her lifestyle (thoughts,actions, and motives). Sad really, cause she wants to be loved. It shows, she had dated different guys which were the complete opposite from everything she is, wanted, and desired. They are perfect for each other. They balance each other. If you find everything in “one” why let the person go?
am in love wiz zis movie...it hits different..never felt like zis to comment..normally I dnt comment..ohhh best of all time🥰
Paul Mescal is Connell and Connell is Paul Mescal. Such a brilliant and an intelligent actor, he makes us feel like we really know him well, wish for him to know us, & want to touch him... as if to validate the familiarity. I do not want to be with a person like Connell, but I think the character resonates so well with us because we all have a Connell and a Marianne within us. Not to mention Lenny! What a brilliant director! Also, Sally Rooney & Paul Mescal could be good for each other.