Paul Mescal has replaced Blake Jenner in Richard Linklater's decade-spanning Merrily We Roll Along, according to a recent report from.
) notes that Jenner had filmed some scenes for the film —which is based on Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1981 musical, which itself is based on a 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart — but was replaced shortly after joining after domestic violence allegations surfaced against him his ex-wife Melissa Benoist .
These reports surfaced in November 2019, and while Jenner did acknowledge them in an Instagram post in 2020, his time with the film had seemingly already come to an end. The project, which is set to shoot over a 20-year span , will now see Mescal step into the lead role of Broadway composer Franklin Shephard. Mescal will star alongside the previously announced cast of Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt. The film was originally announced back in 2019 and had finished its first segment of filming, so it’s unclear just how Mescal will fit in thanks to the film’s production style.
For Mescal, this is yet another large role in a career that is quickly becoming much bigger. After starring in
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