Paul Mescal says Ronan was 'spot on' over viral clip

Paul Mescal has said Saoirse Ronan "hit the nail connected the head" erstwhile she spoke astir women’s safety, successful a clip that went viral.

The 2 Irish stars appeared connected The Graham Norton show past month, wherever chap histrion Eddie Redmayne explained helium had been taught however to usage a telephone arsenic a limb portion grooming for his relation arsenic an assassin successful The Day of the Jackal.

In response, Mescal, 28, questioned whether anyone would realistically person clip to instrumentality their telephone retired erstwhile being attacked, earlier Ronan said: "That's what girls person to deliberation astir each the time. Am I close ladies?"

Asked astir the comments connected Irish broadcaster RTE's The Late Late Show, Mescal said Ronan had been “spot on”.

The Gladiator II star said helium was not amazed by the immense absorption connected societal media to her remarks, “because you're like, arsenic you said, you're connected a speech amusement similar this, and you're benignant of conscionable talking.

"But I'm not amazed that the connection received arsenic overmuch attraction that it got, due to the fact that it's massively important and I'm definite you've had Saoirse connected the show, like, she's... rather often, much often than not, the astir intelligent idiosyncratic successful the room.

"But I deliberation she... was spot on, deed the nail connected the head, and it's besides bully that... messages similar that are benignant of gaining traction, similar that's a speech that we should perfectly beryllium having connected a regular basis."

Ronan, who is starring successful the Oscar-tipped movie Blitz, was applauded by the assemblage connected the BBC One amusement and the clip was trending connected societal media for days afterwards.

She later told Virgin Radio UK the absorption to her comments was "wild" and "definitely not thing that I had expected".

"I deliberation there's thing truly telling astir the nine that we're successful close present and astir however unfastened women privation to beryllium with the men successful their lives," she said.

The 30-year-old added that the speech "felt precise akin to erstwhile I americium astatine meal with a clump of my friends and I volition ever marque the constituent that, well, this is really an acquisition that we spell done each azygous day, 100%."

She said it was "amazing" that this infinitesimal is "opening a conversation" and "allowing much women to conscionable beryllium like, well, yeah, actually, let's speech astir our experience".

She added the men connected the speech amusement "weren't benignant of similar debunking thing that I was saying", and said Mescal "completely gets" the contented arsenic they person talked astir it before.

Her remarks were praised astatine the time, with galore commentators saying she highlighted a world women face.

After Ronan interjected with her comments, determination was a little soundlessness earlier the assemblage applauded, portion the men connected the couch, and Norton, nodded their statement and acknowledged her point.

Ronan was connected Norton's sofa talking astir her caller relation successful Blitz, successful which she plays Rita, a parent searching for her lad arsenic World War Two ravages London.

Normal People histrion Mescal is presently starring in blockbuster Gladiator II. Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sequel pursuing the 2000 epic has been met with a mixed effect from movie critics.