{"id":1449853,"date":"2025-09-04T04:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T03:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?p=1449853"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:19:44","slug":"the-history-of-sound-josh-oconnor-dishes-on-his-messy-sex-scene-with-paul-mescal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/films\/the-history-of-sound-josh-oconnor-dishes-on-his-messy-sex-scene-with-paul-mescal\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Sound: Josh O’Connor dishes on his messy sex scene with Paul Mescal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The History of Sound<\/span><\/em> star Josh O’Connor\u00a0has shared new details about his sex scene with Paul Mescal.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 12 September, moviegoers in the US will finally be treated to the highly anticipated gay drama.<\/span><\/p>\n

Directed by Oliver Hermanus (<\/span>Mary & George)<\/span><\/em>,<\/span> The History of Sound <\/span><\/em>follows the relationship between David (Mescal) and Lionel (O’Connor), who meet in 1917 as students at the Boston Music Conservatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three years later, after World War I, they travel through rural Maine to record the folk songs of their countrymen.<\/span><\/p>\n

The historical romantic drama is based on the Pushcart Prize-winning novel by Ben Shattuck, a collection of 12 short stories set across three centuries that explore generational patterns of love and loss. <\/span><\/p>\n

On 1 September, <\/span>The History of Sound <\/span><\/em>was shown at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. Following its screening, attendees were treated to a Q&A session with Mescal and O’Connor. <\/span><\/p>\n

During their appearance, the two stars dished about all things <\/span>The History of Sound<\/span><\/em>, including the messy filming process for their spit-inclusive sex scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We were kind of keeping ourselves separate, really into our characters. And then we did the first take, and it was the spit [scene], and it just dribbled down my… and Paul was just like waiting,” O’Connor explained while opening his mouth as an example.<\/span><\/p>\n

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@coffeefrijolito<\/a> This just made me buy tickets to opening night! \ud83d\ude29 #joshoconnor<\/a> #paulmescal<\/a> #thehistoryofsound<\/a> #spitscene<\/a> #fyp<\/a> \u266c original sound – fortheculture<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n