Paul Mescal Teaches Stephen How To Pull Off An Irish Accent

Paul Mescal, who proudly announced his heritage in a viral tweet proclaiming "I'm Irish," teaches Stephen Colbert how to do a convincing Irish accent. Catch Paul in the hit Hulu series, "Normal People." #Colbert #NormalPeople #PaulMescal

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[michaelhope]

What a genuinely nice guy. Love these interviews

[kariiknowzz]

Y’all got me over here saying THAT CAR IS FARRRR like 50 times lol🤣🤣🤣

[TihetrisWeathersby]

Love Paul, Normal people is one of the best shows to watch in these times

[NullCipherZero]

"Whale, I'll beef hooked" is one way of nailing Irish vowels, if not a terribly polite one. (Ed. I've been informed by a certain smackerz 88 that it's a regional accent! Thanks!!)

[ccuffe]

The accent guy from Wired Technique Critique explains this "ar" vowel dipthong sound really well. Stephen's doing a hard palate R when Paul is doing a soft palate A. It's the difference between pushing out an R from the tongue going forward, vs swallowing an A from the tongue moving backward. Try saying "scarlet army" with your tongue as far back as you can

[lazyperfectionist]

One way Americans stand out like a third thumb when we visit Ireland is the way we pronounce the country's name. The Irish pronounce the "Ire" more like "Ar." "Arland."

[cherylsibson]

I guessed the same, that Irishmen are pirates, Paul was teaching you how to sound more pirate-like, nice interview.

[jmmahony]

Sounds like a pirate: Yarrgh! the carrgh is farrgh!

[NewMessage]

In Ireland 'pull off' means something else...

[williamgardiner]

Stephen Colbert missed asking a good question. “ I heard you panicked when you read the scripts?”

If wasn’t over the sex scenes. It was all the car scenes when he is driving around, mostly with the actress playing his mother. The problem was he didn’t know how to drive. So without telling that to the producers or casting director, he quickly dashed out to get driving lessons - and a license.

[dejavu]

Why didn't he ask him what he has coming up, why he's in Sydney, etc.. (or how do these appearances work? Is it because Hulu is paying him to promote Normal People being streamed on Hulu now?)

[cynhanrahan]

Irish: So the vowel is like Boston, but the R is hard like the southern states. Works for me.

[riverthompson]

The Irish guy is making the "ar" sound farther back on his soft palate, not in the front of his mouth on his hard palate.

[r.h.]

this was one of the most random interviews ever

[fanaticforager]

I’m Glad the your tweeter feed isn’t farrr, 〽️r. Stephen 💎

[noelpucarua]

When you say "Go way outa that" remember to stress the 'r'.

[ruthjohanne]

In Australia it’s summer so that should have been keep the room cool. Temperatures are around 90 Fahrenheit.

[ItsmeeSaoirse]

Best thing to do when trying to speak with an Irish accent is please don't try at all because there are multiple Irish regional accents not the one stereotypical offensive Hollywood Irish accent that we hear time and time again.

[EJofLA]

Whoa who is this guy? He's totes gorge!

[alnilam]

Stephen, intelligent questions can be so...
Difficult to answer, possibly even
Hard?! ;) D