Fans of Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer have begged the couple to date as they would be the ‘perfect couple’.
The actors drew a reaction from their devotees when they posed together at the Olivier Awards on Sunday night, after each winning a prestigious trophy.
Paul, 27, took home the Best Actor award for A Streetcar Named Desire, while Jodie, 30, was named Best Actress for Prima Facie.
After taking home an award each, the stars put on a very friendly display while smiling for photographers in the Royal Albert Hall winners’ room.
But after the images were posted online, fans took to Twitter because they were all saying the same thing, according to Mirror.
‘They NEED to meet up!’ Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer fans have begged the couple to date as they would make the ‘perfect couple’
What a pair! The actors drew a reaction from their devotees when they posed together at the Olivier Awards on Sunday night, after each winning a prestigious trophy.
Talented: Paul, 27, took home the best actor award for A Streetcar Named Desire, while Jodie, 30, was named best actress for Prima Facie
One wrote: ‘Sorry but Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer are not the most PERFECT COUPLE! Incredibly talented, distractingly beautiful, adorable and so humble. Someone set this up.
Another wrote: ‘Why aren’t Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal married???? They look so beautiful together.
A third said: “I know no one is sure if Paul is really single, but if he is, he NEEDS to ask Ms. Comer out on a date.” They are couple goals without even knowing it.
A fourth tweeted: “Wow, huge congratulations to Paul Mescal on winning Best Actor and being the biggest potential boyfriend of all famous women.”
Someone else added: ‘These two are the salt of the earth! They have to get together!!! Imagine that power couple.
Winning his first Olivier Awards at the star-studded party, Irish actor Paul thanked his loving mother Dearbhla, who is undergoing cancer treatment, in his speech, before adding: “I hope you get better.”
Addressing the diagnosis herself on social media, her mother previously told followers she was beginning to “live with cancer” as she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is a type of bone marrow cancer, in July 2022. .
Meanwhile, Killing Eve star Jodie tells the star-studded audience: I am so overwhelmed. This work has changed my life. I am very grateful and I have many people to thank.’
Big win: Paul and Jodie Comer won their first Olivier Awards at the star-studded ceremony
Celebrations! The duo posed together backstage after their big wins.
‘To Suzie Miller for writing the most exquisite work I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.’
“One thing I’d like to say to any kid who hasn’t been to drama school, who can’t afford to go to drama school, who’s been turned down from drama school, don’t anybody tell them it’s like this is not possible
‘It may take the stars to align and you meet generous, kind and patient people, but it is possible.
“Mom, Dad, I love you, and my grandpa is 82 today, so happy birthday.”
The play, which follows the story of a brilliant lawyer who has risen from her working-class roots to the top of the profession before an unexpected event changes her life, also won Best New Play.
After receiving critical acclaim for her performance at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Jodie will take the play to Broadway later this month.
Wow! Paul and Patsy Ferran appear in A Streetcar Named Desire
Talented: Killing Eve stars in her critically acclaimed prima facie play
Before the ceremony, he told the PA news agency: ‘It’s unbelievable. I could never have dreamed of the response and reaction (to the play), it really feels like the audience has become as much a part of this as we have.
“It’s incredibly moving to be in the theater every night and feel everyone’s presence and shared energy, so I’m very excited, I feel very lucky to be able to visit again.”
Asked if he loved theater as much as TV and movies, Comer told PA: “Yeah, I definitely have the bug.”
Next Paul’s Streetcar co-star Anjana Vasan received the Best Supporting Actress award for her stunning portrayal of Stella Kowalski.
While the best supporting actor award went to Will Keen for Patriotsa, a compelling study of Russian dissent by The Crown’s Peter Morgan.
The 2023 Olivier Awards broadcast on ITV1 and ITVX from 10:15 p.m. to 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 2.