Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri are having quite the people talking online with their latest photo.
The two actors had dating rumors start after the two were seen getting close in a new joint selfie posted on Instagram on Sunday to mark St. Patrick’s Day.
In the photo of the two shared on Edebiri’s profile, she and Mescal, both 28, laughed as they sat together on a stairwell. Edebiri had her arms wrapped around Mescal’s shoulder as he took the photo.
“Happy St Paddy’s 🍀,” Edebiri wrote in the caption.
Ayo Edebiri at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
In the other photos taken, Mescal and Edebiri posed with director Oliver Hermanus and Jeremy O. Harris. Hermanus is also directing Paul Mescal in the new film The History of Sound, which has been in production as of late.
Many believed that the photo was a reference to the star’s jokes around her Irish roots, which has become a running joke on social media.
Many believed that the two “soft launched” their relationship on social media as well. Edebiri was last linked to actor and comedian Colin Burgess back in 2022.
Many also believe that the two may be testing out their chemistry on a new project together.
Mescal previously said in an interview last November that he’d be interested in working with Edebiri on a romance-comedy.
Mescal and Edebiri have sparked dating rumors after a new photo posted on Instagram Sunday. Photo: Ayo Edebiri/Instagram
“That’s one of those I leave the cinema and I’m incredibly jealous and brightened by everybody’s talents involved with that film,” he told Awards Watch. “But I think in the next five years I’m going to set myself a challenge to do maybe a rom-com with Ayo, or something like that would be cool.”
On Sunday, the romance between Emily Henry appeared to also support the potential collaboration as she reposted the pair’s photo on her Instagram Story.
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 18: Andrew Scott, Ayo Edebiri and Paul Mescal during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 Dinner at The Royal Festival Hall on February 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Carlo Paloni/BAFTA via Getty Images)
“If Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri play a couple in an Emily Henry rom com … I might actually not survive i’m serious,” one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“Thought about the prospect of an Ayo Edebiri Paul Mescal romcom and started hyperventilating with excitement,” a second user added.
In February, the pair were seen catching up at the BAFTA Awards in London. They were also snapped in a group photo with Fred Hechinger, Jeremy O. Harris and Michael Seater in October 2023. Last March, the actors were pictured together at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards in California.
