Paul Mescal valiantly battles the spice on 'Hot Ones'

"This is where the toxic masculinity will kick in. I want to win the wings."
By Shannon Connellan  on 
Paul Mescal on Hot Ones
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He might be comfortable in the Colosseum by now, but when Paul Mescal took on the mighty hot wings it was an entirely different battle.

"This is where the toxic masculinity will kick in," he says. "I want to win the wings."

The Gladiator II star joined Sean Evans on First We Feast's Hot Ones, chomping through increasingly spicier chicken wings and chugging ice cold milk while answering interview questions about Ridley Scott's sequel, making Normal People, and the difference between a plonker and a shitehawk.

Honestly, Mescal has made us cry so many times onscreen, it's about time the tables were turned (through hot sauce, not emotional upheaval). It's a wildly more painful experience for Mescal than his Chicken Shop Date with Amelia Dimoldenberg. And if you want to see Mescal's co-star Pedro Pascal tackle the wings, it was as delightful as you'd expect.

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Shannon Connellan

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture.


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