Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal have sent social media into meltdown after teasing an upcoming project together. The Normal People co-stars, 26, and 28, starred in the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel in 2020. The show was streamed over 62 million times and became iPlayer’s most popular series that year.
Mescal and Edgar-Jones shared a photo together to Instagram on Tuesday (28 May) that fans believe hints towards an upcoming second season of the much loved show. Writing in the photo’s caption, Edgar-Jones said: “We’ve got some news to share!! Watch this place.” Element Pictures, the production company behind Normal People , also shared the photo to their Instagram account.
Reacting to Edgar-Jones and Mescal’s teased announcement on Twitter/X, one fan said “Normal People season two?” Daisy and Paul you’re playing with my emotions.” A second person added: “If they announce Normal People season two I might cry,” while a third claimed they were “gonna scream” if speculations were correct. Normal People stars Mescal and Edgar-Jones as teenagers Connell and Marianne, who have an on-off relationship from their last year of school until they graduate from university.
In the season one finale, Marianne encourages Connell to go to New York for a creative writing course while she stays in Dublin, despite the move meaning they would probably break up again. “You know I love you. And I’m never going to feel the same way for anyone else,�.