Paul Mescal sends poignant message to cancer-stricken mum as he picks up first Olivier Award: ‘I hope you get better’
Paul Mescal told his cancer-stricken mum Dearbhla he hopes she “gets better” as he collected his first Olivier Award. The ‘Normal People’ actor, 27, won Best Actor on Sunday (02.04.23) for his powerhouse perfomance as Stanley Kowalski in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ after the Tennessee Williams revival had a sell-out run at London’s Almeida Theatre. Addressing his mum as he picked up his gong on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in the capital, he said: “I hope you get better.” Dearbhla had told her followers on social media in July 2022 she was receiving treatment after a cancer diagnosis, saying ...