Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor Rationed Jolly Ranchers While Filming The History of Sound (Extended)

Thank you very, very much. Congrats on your new movie, The History of Sound. Is that where you guys first met, on that film? No, no. We met on Zoom during COVID, right? Oh, really? Yeah, I reached out to Paul's agent, who's my agent, and I said, I've just seen Normal People, and I was like, there's this amazing kid. You've got to see this actor. And he was like, I represent him. And then we chatted on Zoom, and we've been friends ever since. Is that what you remember? Well, I watched Josh in God's Own Country when I was in drama school, and I was like obsessed with him. So then I was trying to play it all cool on the Zoom, thinking that this is how actors interact, and Josh is kind of like a special unicorn. And yeah, he was one of the first people I met after Normal People. There you go. And you had a big bond on this film. Everyone said that you guys became the best of friends. Did you do a lot of hanging out off-screen as well? Yeah. So here's the thing. We're sort of like, we're very serious actors. Of course. Very, very serious. Working, very, very serious. We're not necessarily used to working in the States, and in the States, you have craft services and incredible candy. Oh, let's talk candy. Okay. We're connoisseurs. We're connoisseurs, yeah. Specifically Jolly Ranchers. But not the hard ones. Like the chewy Jolly Ranchers. Yeah, but the problem, Jimmy, is that we were on a diet for this film. Of course, you're actors. You're actors. Very serious actors. Yeah. We... Your body is your temple. Body is a temple. But there is a key issue with that, which is the soft Jolly Rancher. Yeah. Which we had like rations. We'd be like, we'd say to the crew, only give us four. And not in front of the director. And then it would be like, you know, we'd break that rule. And we'd say four in the morning. Four in the morning. Yeah, four in the morning, then maybe one. And then eight in the afternoon. Yeah, yeah. And then on Fridays, oh, all bets are off. That was Jolly Rancher Friday. You actually called it Jolly Rancher Friday. Jolly Rancher Friday, yeah. But we are serious actors. You are serious actors, yeah. You both sing in the movie, and you have great voices. Paul, when did you start singing? I started singing in school musicals. I did Phantom of the Opera and all of the, like Les Mis, Miss Saigon. Oh, really? Yeah. I did not know that. Yeah, I loved, yeah. Josh, what about you? Musicals growing up? No, not as such. I think I did a production of Oliver at one point. And The Wizard of Oz. So yes. Yeah, two. Yeah, those count. The movie takes place in the 20s. And basically your characters travel around and recording folk songs in order to preserve them for future generations. Yeah. I was gonna ask you, if time was a race and you could save three songs, what songs would you save? Okay, three songs. Paul, we talked about this. We've talked about this a lot. We have a shared love for a song by Laura Marling called For You. Do you know the artist, Laura Marling? Yeah. She's so good. Got one. Yeah. We love that song. For me, there's a song called Galleonship by Nick Cave. Oh. Yeah. The Cave and Bats. I got more whoops. That got a few more whoops. Yes. I love the song About Today by The National. Oh yeah, I love The National as well. The National. I was gonna say those songs. They were the ones you were gonna say. Yeah. That's crazy. That weird coincidence. That's really crazy. I would probably say The Twist by Chubby Checker. Oh. Then Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker. She released two years later. And then I'd probably say Wipe Out by the Fat Boys When They Met the Beach Boys. And those are the three songs that everyone, I got no whoops. Yeah. Those are the three ones you gotta check out, man. Oh, okay. Yeah. Because The Twist was such a hit. It came out. It was a song called Let's Twist. Is this a joke? No. No, I don't. I don't know anything. I actually thought you were pranking us. No, Let's Twist Again was his sequel song to, his hit song to Twist. That's so good. Come on, baby. I still think we've been pranked. Let's do the twist, doo-doo-bop. Come on, baby. Let's do the twist, doo-doo-bop. Stand by my little hand. And go like this. And then, all right. Then he came out with Two Summers Later. Come on, let's twist again. Like we did last summer. Come on, let's twist again. Twisting time is here. That was that. That was it. Yeah, that was that, yeah. They're not on the soundtrack. They're not in the movie, guys. Calm down. No. How do we set up the movie, The History of Sound? It's a very, I think it's a very beautiful film directed by Oliver Hermanus. It's about my character, Lionel, meeting David in Maine, in Massachusetts. And it's about, yeah, whoop. We have a whooper. Yeah, we've got a whooper. Code red. All right, we got one whooper in there, yeah. It's a problem. Yeah, it's about them. It's about them falling in love and about Lionel's life, yeah, I would say. All right, that's good. I want to show everyone a clip. Here's Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor in The History of Sound. Take a look. Silver dagger. No, I don't think so. Should I? No, it's such a pretty song. Oh, come on, let's hear it. Oh, no. What key? Come on, what key? I don't usually sing like this with. With what? With everyone talking. Oh. Excuse me. Quiet, please. I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. Now you have to sing. Ah-ha. Before you go, we wanted to give you a little something to say. Congrats on the movie. Here's some jolly, some jolly wrap. Come on, enjoy. Take them, share, do whatever you want to do. Yeah, whatever you want to do. They love it. Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor, everybody. The History of Sound is in theaters September 12th. We'll be right back with more Tonight Show.