Are you not entertained?

Paul Mescal's torso-baring performance as Stanley Kowalski in the West End revival of A Streetcar Named Desire helped him book his role in the Gladiator sequel. "There are several moments where he takes off his shirt and it was electric," Daria Cercek, co-head of Paramount Motion Picture Group, told Variety in a recent feature about the studio's upcoming film slate. "The ladies in the audience were very vocal, and we were like, 'I think we've found our guy.'"