Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal were recently seen together in London, and fans couldn’t help but speculate about the public outing. According to photos obtained by the Daily Mail , the two actors were seen sharing a cigarette outside of Bar 69 on Tuesday, May 28. The outlet reported that Portman, 42, and Mescal, 28, could barely hold in their giggles as they wore matching plain white T-shirts.
Portman was also dressed in a pair of light-wash jeans, while Mescal wore black trousers. The pair met last year doing a joint “Actors on Actors” interview for Variety . During the interview, the All of Us Strangers actor explained how starstruck he was to be talking to Portman, calling her “brilliant”.
“If my drama school self knew that I would be talking to you, I would pinch myself many, many times!” he said during the interview. Many people took to X, formerly Twitter, to gush over the photos of Portman and Mescal in London together. “Nat and Paul!! They look really cute together!!” one commenter wrote.
“Anybody who watched their ‘Actors on Actors’ knew this link was inevitable, I mean my god the chemistry and heat,” another X post read. “Oh Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal smoking cigs together..
. that’s how it starts!” a third X user pointed out. Portman’s divorce from Benjamin Millepied was recently finalized after being married for 11 years.
The former couple separated last year, a representative confirmed to People at the time, with Portman fil.
