Saoirse Ronan shut down Paul Mescal for mocking and talking over her in awkward moment minutes before stunning him into silence with gender-based violence remark

Saoirse Ronan unopen down Paul Mescal for laughing astatine her and talking complete her successful an awkward relationship minutes earlier she said retired astir gender-based violence. 

The Irish actress, 30, group societal media alight aft Friday's quality connected The Graham Norton Show erstwhile she made a joke astir self-defence while sat alongside an different all-male sheet - which included actors Paul, Denzel Washington and Eddie Redmayne.

In nan bonzer scenes, Saoirse stunned nan men into soundlessness erstwhile she interjected them joking astir really to take sides themselves from an attacker by saying: 'that's what women person to deliberation astir each nan time.' 

The viral clip has sparked a world debate, pinch commenters branding nan infinitesimal awkward but basal to item nan rumor of unit against women. 

Yet it was acold from nan only awkward infinitesimal of nan night, arsenic conscionable minutes earlier Saorise butted heads pinch Paul, 28, erstwhile he mocked her quality successful an earlier movie role. 

The men connected nan sheet had been discussing undergoing beingness transformations for roles, pinch big Graham, 61, soon turning nan attraction to Saoirse. 

He asked astir nan training authorities for her titular domiciled successful 2011 action thriller Hanna, wherever she plays a young woman raised to beryllium an assassin by her ex-CIA operative begetter (Eric Bana).

As a image of Saoirse successful nan movie flashed up connected screen, nan boys instantly burst into laughter, prompting nan character to warn: 'don't laugh.' 

Pointing astatine nan picture, Paul continued to chuckle and remarked: 'just look astatine her!' arsenic Saoirse continued: 'That is simply a cult classic, she's conscionable changeable a deer...'

Interrupting her, Paul laughed, 'of course', arsenic Saoirse warned again, 'stop laughing Paul...' 

Trying to alteration nan subject, Graham asked Paul: 'Have you seen Hanna? It's a really bully film!' and nan Normal People prima confessed he hadn't. 

As Saoirse went to speak again, Paul jumped successful by joking: 'I want to spell arsenic you for Halloween!' prompting a visibly irked Saoirse to constituent out: 'Ok, you've had your clip talking.'

Making ray of nan tension, Denzel, 69, began shrinking into his spot and quipped: 'Somehow I knew to backmost up!' as Saoirse insisted: 'nah, nah, nah, we emotion each other.'

The tense infinitesimal happened conscionable minutes earlier Saoirse stunned nan men into soundlessness pinch her remark connected gender-based violence. 

During nan chat, Eddie, 42, explained that amid his training for The Day of nan Jackal, an upcoming Peacock miniseries, he received instruction connected really to usage a telephone to retaliate successful nan arena of an attack.

A guffawing Paul past joked: 'Who is really going to deliberation astir that? If personification really attacked me, I'm not going to spell "phone."'

Giggling Graham mimicked holding a telephone to fend disconnected an assailant, saying, 'Can you clasp connected a second?' to which Eddie said, 'That's a very bully point.'

Having been talked complete successful nan chat, Saoirse yet recovered a infinitesimal to speak and declared: 'That's what girls person to deliberation astir each nan time.'

The brutally honorable remark prompted a infinitesimal of soundlessness from nan panel.

'Am I right, ladies?' she past asked nan crowd, eliciting a immense information of applause from nan workplace audience.

While Saoirse and Paul had an awkward relationship connected nan show, location is nary bad humor betwixt nan pair. 

In fact, nan Irish actors are bully friends aft starring together successful 2023 sci-fi film, Foe, wherever they played a joined couple.

During nan promo circuit for nan film, Saoirse explained really nan domiciled had brought them person together, sharing: 'We knew each different benignant of successful passing before, conscionable done friends.

'We’ve go very, very adjacent since making nan film. We’re genuine friends; we’re not Hollywood friends.'

Saoirse is presently promoting her warfare play movie Blitz, which is slated to beryllium released successful theaters November 1 earlier streaming connected Apple TV+ November 22.

The movie besides stars Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller and Stephen Graham.

Blitz, written and directed by Steven McQueen, 'follow nan stories of a group of Londoners during nan events of nan British superior bombing successful World War II,' a logline for nan movie reads.

Saoirse portrays a female named named Rita who is raising her boy George, nine, (Heffernan) amid nan tumultuous time.