‘Normal People’ stars announce charity screening

Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones have finally revealed what their Normal People-related tease earlier this week was all about.

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Earlier this week, the pair of Mescal and Edgar-Jones took to social media to tease something related to Normal People, with the latter writing “We’ve got some news to share!! Watch this place,” alongside a photo of them on her Instagram Story.

Now, the duo have finally opened up about the tease, shutting down speculation that the show is returning for a second season anytime soon. Instead, the two have announced a special charity screening of the entire show set to take place on June 16 at a Central London cinema that has yet to be revealed.

Mescal and Edgar-Jones will raffle tickets to a special marathon screening of Normal People on the big screen. The two of them will attend the event, as well as director Lenny Abrahamson, producer Ed Guiney and other “friends from the show.”

To enter the raffle, fans of the show can donate to the Pieta House foundation and Unicef, Winners from the raffle will be selected to attend the marathon screening. The Pieta House Foundation is an Irish charity that aids families of those affected by suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm.

The pair also slyly teased a potential second season of Normal People, with Mescal saying at the start of the video: “We are incredibly sorry if we led people on. It’s not a season two.” Edgar-Jones chimed in, adding: “Not yet. There’s still time. Keep the faith.”

They previously hinted at a potential second series shortly after the first series aired telling NME that things had been deliberately left open. “Series one is the book,” Mescal said. “But we don’t know what’s on the other side.”

The 12-part series followed Connell Waldron (Mescal) and Marianne Sheridan (Edgar-Jones) as they fall in and out of each other’s lives from school into university and beyond. Reviewing the show upon its release in 2020, NME awarded it five stars and said it was “a heartfelt love story that deals in longing, introspection and awkward sex scenes.”