Paul Mescal On How His Granny Tries To Avoid His Normal People Sex Scenes

It’s been a few weeks since we binged all twelve episodes of Normal People, but we’re still thinking about it. And since the show is still enjoying its sequential TV run, the Sally Rooney adaptation is still receiving daily attention. Among the key topics of conversation - Paul Mescal’s chain, Daisy Edgar-Jones’ fringe - is the sex scenes. Tender, realistic and very, very frequent, the love scenes between characters Connell and Marianne have been giving us chills, and making some of us wish we hadn’t watched it with our parents. Turns out we’re not the only ones.

Paul and Daisy have been on the promo trail for the show, and have now filmed a segment for tonight’s Graham Norton Show. In it, Paul reveals that elderly members of his family have been helping each other avoid certain scenes. To limited success.

'My granny warned my great aunt that there were a lot of sexy bits and that when she felt those were about to happen she should go off and do something else,’ he explains. 'In episode two when we started kissing she took the dog out. But she underestimated the time it would take, and as she came back in we were right in the throes of it all... I suggested that a good long chore or a couple of cups of tea would do the trick next time!'

Normal People has become a bonafide sensation, and has reached 30 million viewers. 'It's hard to believe people like it when we're sitting in our bedrooms’, Daisy remarks. ‘It's surreal.'

'That's not even a number I can compute’, Paul adds. ‘It sounds really good and brilliant but it's not something either of us anticipated. It's just been good news after good news. It's crazy!'

We’re sure his granny is proud too. Even if she got a bit of an eyeful.

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