Paul Mescal 和 Joe Alwyn have revealed the creator of their very exclusive boys club.

After the latter opened up about their “Tortured Man Club” group chat on WhatsApp in May, they discussed the third member in their Sally Rooney extended universe, explaining in a conversation for 种类 那 Andrew Scott “started the group.”

“He’s just on it every day. He’s just on it by himself,” said Mescal, 26, to which Alwyn, 31, 开玩笑, “Just messaging himself good mornings.”

Alwyn continued, “We were both in the Sally Rooney universe and crossed over with Lenny Abrahamson. We were so lucky to have that experience.”

They both starred in shows based on Rooney’s critically acclaimed novels, Alwyn in Conversations with Friends (2022) and Mescal in Normal People (2020).

斯科特, 46, played the Hot Priest — a role he previously originated in 菲比·沃勒-布里奇的 Fleabag — in the 2020 crossover Normal People Confessions directed by Abrahamson, 56, who also helmed both Rooney series.

在里面 RTÉ Does Comic Relief 短的, Mescal’s character Connell and Daisy Edgar-Jones‘ Marianne open up about their relationship in confessionals with Hot Priest.

Alwyn previously discussed the Tortured Man Club in an interview with GQ, explaining that the name “是, 我猜, 一种 reflection on Connell and Nick,” 他的角色 Conversations with Friends.

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Mescal previously told PEOPLE in September: “Of course the last thing that most people have seen is Normal People,” explaining that preparing for his upcoming film Carmen was a challenge, in that he was “transitioning from playing somebody who was a teenager like in Normal People to a man. You can throw on top of the dancing and singing and boxing…. 有时我很难放手，只记得”

Based on the famous opera, Mescal stars in the Benjamin Millepied-helmed musical as a former Marine suffering from PTSD. He stars opposite Melissa Barrera (尖叫, 在高地) in the film that premieres in 2023.

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Normal People 和 Conversations with Friends are now streaming on Hulu. Fleabag can be streamed on Prime Video.