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Gladiator II<\/em> hunk Paul Mescal<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s recent wild antics at Glastonbury Festival come as no surprise to insiders, who tell Life & Style<\/em> exclusively that the Irish Hellraiser has dark secrets in his closet \u2013 worrying the folks in his Hollywood camp.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As Paul, 28, continues his dizzying rise from relative unknown to Hollywood\u2019s next major leading man, an insider who\u2019s spent time around him reveals, \u201cWhen you see this guy acting you can just tell that he\u2019s been through some serious stuff<\/a>, and he\u2019s somehow able to put that all up there on screen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not saying Paul needs to sand down his rough edges because those rough edges are partly what got him here in the first place,\u201d the insider says. \u201cWe need more actors like that in Hollywood!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The up-and-coming star started his career in theater, acting in productions of The Great Gatsby<\/em>, The Red Shoes<\/em> and The Plough and the Stars<\/em> in Dublin and London. He made his screen debut in the TV show Bump<\/em> before landing his breakthrough part in Normal People<\/em>. After securing a few more silver screen spots, the Foe<\/em> actor was picked up by Ridley Scott to star in the director\u2019s massive upcoming sequel, Gladiator II<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Though, the source worries Paul isn\u2019t taking his explosive career trajectory as seriously as he should be. The Ireland native was spotted by fans partying at the music festival late into the night \u2026 and appeared to be taking some deep inhales off a key after dunking it into a bag containing an unknown substance, The Sun<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n An attendee at Glastonbury Festival noted that, \u201cPaul didn\u2019t seem to care if anyone could see him. He was dancing and laughing with his friends,\u201d reported the U.K. paper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPaul needs to realize that he\u2019s part of a much bigger machine now and any bad behavior off camera can have massive and cascading repercussions on dozens if not hundreds of careers tied to his latest film,\u201d the source dishes, \u201cespecially with Gladiator II<\/em> coming up and the persistent rumor that Paul is being scouted to anchor the upcoming Beatles biopic in the role of Paul McCartney<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The All of Us Strangers<\/em> actor, whose father is a police officer, has been in Hollywood ascendance<\/a> for the past few years, but insiders fear his rising star may fall short if he doesn\u2019t get his act together soon.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great to be the next Colin Farrell<\/strong> or Austin Butle<\/strong>r but the real goal has to be realizing your full potential,\u201d the source continues. \u201cThere\u2019s a growing consensus that Paul\u2019s old habits, and his party-boy lifestyle in general, are going to be his biggest obstacles in that regard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s no doubt everyone in Paul\u2019s camp is both rooting for his success and worried that his late-night escapades could land him on ice, cooling any A-list hopes for the young Irishman. Luckily, the source spilled that Paul is aware that he needs to calm down and has actually been looking for a \u201cgood girl\u201d type partner to settle him a bit.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n