The Paul Mescal lookalike contest is sadly an indictment of every Irish lad I’ve met who claims that Paul Mescal looks like every lad in Ireland,’ one person wrote on X

After a successful Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York, a Paul Mescal look-alike contest was held in Dublin, Ireland ahead of the Gladiator II screening.

Following the absolute mayhem of the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in Manhattan's Washington Square Park last month, many other celebrity lookalike competitions have spawned across the globe, including yesterday's competition for Paul Mescal in Dublin,

A Paul Mescal lookalike competition was held Thursday in Smithfield near the Lighthouse cinema and crowned its winner shortly before 2 in the afternoon. Video by: Hannah Daygo

Two weeks ago, dozens of fake Timothée Chalamets (and one real one) took to the streets of Manhattan to find the Timothée Chalametiest Timothée Chalamet of all. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t the real one.) Today, at least six fake Paul Mescals (and no ...

Unfortunately, the real Paul Mescal didn’t show up to the competition. Overall competition winner Jack Wall O’Reilly said he thinks he was “organically” put over the edge to win. “I think I won the genetic Paul Mescal lottery,” the Clare man said.