Paul Mescal has become a worldwide heartthrob since his star turn in Normal People, with even his silver chain becoming a sex symbol.And he isn’t exactly finding the new found attention easy.The 24-year-old has admitted that he has ‘no f***ing idea what’s happening’ after his chain racked up over 180,000 followers on the Instagram thirst account @connellschain.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Mescal said: ‘It wasn’t that it was bothering me, but I was like, if there is something that’s gaining this much attention… and it’s an inanimate object.
It’s a chain. ‘It’s not something that says lines, it’s not something that has an emotional response to a situation, it’s not something that expresses anything.