#PAUL MESCAL

[kafihazan07]

what a movie

PAUL MESCAL as LUCIUS VERUS Gladiator II (2024) dir. Ridley Scott

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Vanity Fair

Plot: Vanity Fair returns again to shoot for the upcoming Mandalorian film

Word Count: 1.8K

Pairing: Paul Mescal x Reader, Pedro Pascal x Platonic!Reader

Warnings: sweet "father-daughter" moments, laughter&giggles, just general fluff, reader is a badass

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It’s always a joy to fly out to California for a photo shoot in which you were dying to be involved. You were excited to receive news from your team of another cover shoot for Vanity Fair for the Mandalorian and Grogu with the amazing Annie Leibovitz who did the cover shoot for the Star Wars series in 2022 when you wrapped season three. 

Paul with a clear schedule from productions was working on tagged along with his words, “I get to see my girlfriend and Pedro in action and be on vacation sign me up.”

After a flight and a long sleep at the hotel, you were up and at it earlier at the studio, trapped in hair and makeup. Paul was easily handled by Pedro, who showed up with a later call time and minimal work done in the makeup trailer. Paul looks in wonder at the large virtual soundstage, and it looks like they are on another planet.

“This is insane man,” Paul breathes out spinning in a circle, any kid would freak out thinking they were on a real planet. Pedro laughs as Coco tweaks some stray hairs as the Mandalorian helmet rests on his hip.

“That’s how I felt when I first got on set it’s otherworldy with the build sets then adding this changes the whole environment,” Pedro explains and Paul nods.

“Home sweet home,” You hum strolling onto the set. Paul has to do a double take and Pedro lets out a loud whistle.

“Loving the new hairdo,” Pedro says as you mock gasp pointing at your new short wig. Your hair barely touched your chin in a shag style a big difference from your natural hair and from what he’s seen of the show your character’s.

“This ol’ thing. I originally was gonna cut it short but with Where the Wild Things Are better just to use a wig.” You say and smile up a Paul, “Like the new look?”

You felt so comfortable in your new costume for this film, you loved all of your season’s looks especially season three with your cloak and so glad it continued with this piece. You wore dark pants with padding at the knees, grey boots that stopped right before your knee, a long-sleeved off-white shirt with paneling all down the chest, and sleeves that ombre to a dirty grey, and your favorite part the long tattered brown cloak that comes with a hood. In tune with your character a holster around your belt and hip for your blaster and vibro-knife, plus the buckle where your saber hilt rests.

“Very cool looking and comfortable,” He hums feeling the fabric of your cloak, and you sway allowing the fabric to swoosh around you.

“I got my cloaks and you got your skirts.” You tease at his costuming for his project and he huffs out a laugh.

You and Pedro are called to your places getting a decent view of Paul who stands beside Coco and your hairstylist as you’re guided by Annie to pose. 

“It’s a bit weird knowing you’re under there,” You comment to Pedro who stands beside you as the crew tweaks a few lights, “I’m so used to Brendan or Lateef here.”

You hear the muffled chuckle from him underneath the helmet.

“They should’ve photoshopped my face onto them for this. I could’ve been home sleeping.” He says and you scoff shoving his shoulder making him only laugh louder.

They have this huge wind machine that has your cloak blowing in the breeze and Pedro’s smaller one too. It’s a lot of broody looks with the two of you standing further apart, representing the distance between you. They move to solo shots starting with Pedro as your stylist tweaks strands of hair and powders your face as they replace your hilt for the full LED saber.

“Sick huh,” You smirk at Paul who looks over the detailing in the hilt to the exposed channel that holds the kyber crystal.

“Can you still handle that thing?” He teases and you give him a betrayed look and you hear Coco stifle back a laugh.

“How dare you—” Before you can go off on him you’re called on to replace Pedro who is taking off the helmet coming over.

Pedro gives Coco and Paul a confused look at the determined look on your face as you pass, “What’s up with her?”

“Paul questioned if she can still handle the lightsaber,” Coco says and Pedro gives Paul a shocked look as if the question was aimed at him.

“You know she’s got like five years of training with that thing, it’s practically muscle memory now?” Pedro says as the three of them watch you stand on the sand soundstage posing a glint in your eyes. Pedro elbows Paul in the side, “You’re gonna get it now.”

“Alright can we get a little action from you for both video and photo,” Annie says as the other camera person gets another angle.

“Whatever I want?” You ask and Paul should have noticed the hole he dug himself in. You were about to flame his ass from his comment.

“Your comfort level,” Annie says and you give a slight nod twisting your wrist to twirl the saber lightly. Tracing your foot along the sand to get a solid footing before doing a simple sequence you’ve been honing for a while, especially in this costume piece. You twirl the saber around your body seamlessly to others at a jaw-dropping place, you drag your foot through the sand kicking it up slightly as you start your rotation with your back toward the camera as you let go of the saber a skill you’ve been practicing for months.

Practically half of the crew’s jaws drop including Paul as the blade flips and twirls freely in the air behind your back as you complete your rotation catching it in your non-dominant hand before slicing at the camera. It’s quiet for a bit before someone starts clapping and you smile giving a bit of a dramatic bow catching Paul’s gaze a smug look on your face. Your face screams ‘How’s that for handling it?’

“I think we’re good on those shots and a riveting performance,” Annie says and you smile walking off the set with a bounce in your step. The crew changes the set around as you return the stunt saber to the weapons handler.

Pedro claps you on the shoulder, “Very impressive chiquita?”

“How the hell?” Paul breathes out and you shrug acting all innocent.

“That? Just a little something on the fly,” you shrug, coming over, “Maybe not question someone who has been in color guard since the sixth grade, where these skills are a cakewalk.” You press a kiss to his cheek before heading off to change into your next costume. Paul watches you walk away, talking casually to your stylist, and he can feel gazes on him, seeing both Pedro and Coco giving him knowing looks.

“Damn, she’s got you whipped,” Paul’s face flushes red as Pedro let out a full-body laugh and Coco has to hide her laughter behind her hand.

The rest of the shoot was so much fun especially when the Grogu puppet was brought on set to get ‘family’ portraits done. It was always fun being with Pedro, but the two of you were never able to act seriously on set. After a few hours, you wrapped heading back to the makeup trailer to return to normal.

“Ugh, my hair was screaming to be freed,” You say massaging your scalp as you walk up to Paul who is waiting at a crafty table. He smirks seeing your very casual attire, your hair out from under all the pins and wig caps a bit messy in some jeans and one of his graphic tees.

“You always gonna steal my shirts,” He pulls at the hem of his shirt and you grin up at him.

“They are so comfy and better than mine,” You comment and he rolls his eyes while taking your hand as you head to the car.

“Pedro invited us out to dinner tonight,” He brings up and you hum letting your hands swing as you walk. It’s silent between you two until he looks down at you, “Should I be scared of your quietness?”

You just hum and he can see a teasing glint in your eyes, “Oh nothing just thinking that if Tiya and Lucius were in a fight I would whoop your ass.” That has Paul laughing.

“I love you but I highly doubt you would beat Lucius.” He comments.

“I’m a jedi!” You retort and he shakes his head,

“Even without the force, she’s facing a twenty-four gladiator and your character is what eighteen?” Paul laughs the competitiveness in him coming out a bit, “Lucius would destroy you.”

“In this film, she’s twenty-one so it’s only three years difference, and even without the force Tiya has better swordsman skills than Lucius,” You point out before whipping out your phone, “Nah I need a fucking poll cause I know she would whoop his ass, hell everyone in that film. If you had her in Gladiator that film would’ve been over in seconds.” Paul laughs as you speedily type up a poll before posting it on your Instagram.

“They are probably gonna say you 'cause they love you more,” Paul comments opening the car door for you before coming around the other side.

“No, I told them to think fairly, a fight on strength and skill no powers from Tiya.” You comment already seeing the polls shifting between the two some defending Tiya and other Lucius. “I think if either of our characters got into a fight that didn’t end in blood Tiya would probably find Lucius intriguing.” Your comment has Paul smirking as he reverses out of the parking spot.

“A jedi with a gladiator how scandalous,” He grins and you giggle.

“I mean she likes her men that can fight so most likely but Lucius is too devout for his wife to think of other women,” Your comments make him groan slightly cursing his character.

“Well I hope Lucius heals to allow him to pursue other women cause Tiya would be right up his alley,” The car gets at a red light and he turns to face you leaning closer, “Good with a sword, strong, deadly…beautiful.”

You lean in over the center console as his eyes dart quickly at your lips before making eye contact. A tension holds between you just a breath away.

Your hum sweetly makes his gaze darken, “The light’s green.” The car honks behind him has him grumbling under his breath as he focuses on the road. You laugh leaning over and pressing a kiss to his jawline.

“Let’s get home huh, gladiator?”

“Whatever you want, jedi.”

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[iwasraisedfromperdition]

have an all of us strangers fanart that I started in a daze when I saw the film and then took a billion years to finish

[mahlikes]

#is this at all coherent idk i like the parallels between harry and dad #'i'd have picked on you too' vs. 'we'd have been friends for sure' 💔

There was a choice for [Harry] and the Jamie Bell character to both have moustaches. People always say they're never surprised that a straight man goes for someone that's like their mom, and it's the same with gay people. We probably go for elements of our dad. When you're talking about a story that's about this interaction between parental love and romantic love, it also feeds into that idea. [Andrew Haigh]

[lazysoulwriter]

the mustache. - paul mescal.

You came home after a long day, tossing your keys onto the table without even looking up. "Babe, I'm ho—"

Then you saw him.

Paul stood there casually, running a hand through his messy curls, but that wasn’t what stopped you dead in your tracks. No. It was the mustache.

“Oh my God,” you gasped.

His brows furrowed. “What?”

“Paul. Oh my God.”

He shifted on his feet, suddenly looking unsure. “Is that a good ‘oh my God’ or a ‘what have you done’ oh my God?”

You blinked at him, slowly stepping closer. "You shaved."

"Yeah…" He scratched his jaw, the shadow of his usual stubble gone. "Well, not all of it."

"No, you left the mustache," you whispered in awe, eyes locked onto his upper lip like it held the secrets of the universe.

Paul looked increasingly concerned. "You hate it."

You pointed at him. "Oh, absolutely not. Paul, this is the hottest thing you've ever done."

He blinked. "Wait—what?"

You grabbed his face, tilting it up like you were inspecting a priceless artifact. "You look like... a 70s movie star. Like a guy who drives a vintage car and has strong opinions about whiskey. Like—like—"

"Like a dad who just discovered woodworking?" he offered.

"Like a man who would ruin me," you said dramatically.

Paul let out a surprised laugh, relief washing over his face. "So you do like it?"

"Like it?" You ran your fingers over the mustache, biting your lip. "I'm about to start a Paul Mescal Mustache Fan Club."

His hands found your waist, pulling you in. "Jesus, I really thought you were about to break up with me."

"Break up with you?!" You threw your arms around his neck. "I’m about to thank the universe for making you my boyfriend."

And then you kissed him. Hard.

Paul laughed against your lips, hands tightening around you as he deepened the kiss. But then he pulled back with a smirk. "You just wanted to see how it feels, didn’t you?"

"Obviously," you said, grinning.

"Well?" He raised an eyebrow.

You ran your thumb over his mustache, pretending to think. "It’s kinda tickly."

He leaned in again, voice dropping. "You love it."

You sighed dramatically. "Yeah. Yeah, I do."

And then, well—there was a lot more kissing.

[allthishumanityforfree]

[myteavsricochet]

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[shabnam2005]

He's gonna be Pedro when he grows up.

♡ PAUL MESCAL the kelly clarkson show

[intoanotherworld23]

Paul Mescal

Updated 2/8/25

One Shots:

His Delicate Flower Of Rome : when Lucius found out you were Marcus Acacius’s daughter he knew he had to have you, and when the opportunity was right he wasn’t holding back

A Royal Throne : There’s no throne more worthy to sit on than Lucius’s face

[ayo-edebiri]

#Oh she gagged them, thank you Saoirse <3

[andrew-garfielld]

PAUL MESCAL Ph. by Greg Williams for Hollywood Authentic (Nov 15, 2024)

[daniellec]

i actually heard your birthday was recent, so happy belated birthday. and just days after mine too, who knew. surly you're not going grey already? if you are, you're totally pulling them off so it's not a bad look for you.. getting you prepared for your silver fox era already? i'll keep you up updated on my next ten years, as long as you keep me updated on yours? not only does that mean can you watch me age like fine wine, but you can keep telling me how good i look in my old age? and i'll continue to try and not blush each time.

not something i'm worrying about right now as i only just turned twenty nine so i still got a year before the big three oh creeps up on me. not that it'll be so bad since i'm already going grey and my joins are starting to crack more. are they now? i wonder what the next ten years will have in store for you then. and you still look as beautiful as ever so i don't doubt that you're just going to age like a fine wine. not really no, haven't had that feeling yet.

[beyondthefold]

Bonus:

PEDRO PASCAL and PAUL MESCAL attend the world premiere of GLADIATOR II on November 13, 2024 in London, England

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[youcouldstartacult]

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