Paul Mescal’s honest response to meeting King Charles at ‘Gladiator II’ premiere

Paul Mescal has recently shared his honest reaction to meeting King Charles III at the Gladiator II premiere in London.

While speaking to Variety at a Gladiator event in Los Angeles on Monday, November 18, the Normal People star reflected on his brief encounter with the British Monarch last week.

“Never met the king [before that night],” said the 28-year-old.

Paul stated, “It’s definitely not something that I thought was in the bingo cards. I’m, like, Irish, so it’s not kind of on the list of priorities.”

However, the Aftersun actor mentioned, “It’s an amazing thing for Ridley [Scott] because I know how important that is for him.”

“So, to see his film celebrated in that context was pretty special,” added Paul.

On November 13, King Charles and Paul reportedly greeted each other at the Odeon Lux theatre in Leicester Square. He was joined by Gladiator II costars Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington, as well as the director.

At the time, Paul revealed, “I found it kind of hard to hear exactly what [Charles] was saying … so you’re just kind of nodding along and, just, smiling.”

Meanwhile, Gladiator II will release in theatres on November 22.