Paul Mescal reflects on interaction with King Charles III at the “Gladiator II” premiere in London

King Charles III is currently attending a lot of royal duties amid his health scares during the last couple of weeks since his trip to Australia. However, the King showed great spirits at the “Gladiator II” premiere in London which took place on November 13.

The King had a lot of interactions with the “Gladiator II” cast, including Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal. A couple of days after his encounter with the King, Mescal shared his honest reaction to meeting the Monarch of the United Kingdom.

The Irish actor had a short conversation with Variety on November 18 to express his initial thoughts on his brief interaction with King and how everyone’s feeling after this exciting encounter.

“Never met the king [before that night]. It’s not something that I thought was in the bingo cards. I’m, like, Irish, so it’s not kind of on the list of priorities. I found it kind of hard to hear exactly what [Charles] was saying … so you’re just kind of nodding along and, just, smiling.”