Paul Mescal is opening up about why he enjoys watching The Traitors UK and when he told a little lie to land his role on Normal People.

Paul Mescal lied about having a driver's license to get cast as Connell on 'Normal People.' Here's how he landed the part with just a provisional license.

Mescal’s breakout portrayal of Connell Waldron in Normal People catapulted the Irish actor to fame. The series, an adaptation of Sally Rooney’s 2018 bestselling novel, centered on social outcast Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and popular student Connell (Mescal). It followed them through their high school and college on-again, off-again romance.

Paul Mescal didn’t let not having a driver’s license stop him from landing his role in Normal People. The 28-year-old actor admitted in an interview with W Magazine that he fibbed about his abilities behind the wheel in order to secure his role as Connell in the hit 2020 Hulu series.

Paul Mescal has revealed he fibbed to land his role in Normal People. The actor starred in the TV show based on Sally Rooney's best-selling novel in 2020. Now he's admitted that he told producers he could drive in order to land the role of Connor - even when he couldn't.