Paul Mescal credits Daisy Edgar-Jones for his Emmy nomination after Normal People co-star was snubbed
Normal People’s Paul Mescal has credited co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones with his Emmy nomination.
The Irish actor was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his role as Connell Waldron in BBC Three’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel.
However, many fans were surprised to see that Edgar-Jones, 22, who stars opposite Mescal as Marianne, did not get a nod.
One Twitter user wrote: “God knows how it all works and what it all really means but how the f*** did Daisy Edgar Jones not get nominated for an Emmy for Normal People?”
Responding to his nomination on Tuesday (28 July), Mescal shared a still of his Normal People character crying, commenting: “My actual face right now!"
Normal People was a huge hit when it launched on 26 April, more than doubling BBC Three’s record for a viewing figures on iPlayer after it was requested 21.8 million times in its opening week.
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