Overview
- Mescal said he will be more selective with projects and hopes “nobody gets to see me until 2028,” after finishing promotion for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet.
- He is set to play Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films slated for 2028, alongside Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan.
- He clarified that rationing “doesn’t necessarily mean less,” noting that emotionally heavy work like The History of Sound “takes more out of the well.”
- The actor is considering a period focused on theatre and is scheduled to make his National Theatre debut in 2027 in A Whistle in the Dark and Death of a Salesman.
- Beyond the Beatles project, his near‑term slate is sparse apart from Richard Linklater’s long‑term Merrily We Roll Along, and co‑star Josh O’Connor also plans time off.