What is 'Tortured Man Club?' Andrew Scott's quirky WhatsApp group chat includes Joe Alwyn, Paul Mescal
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, and Andrew Scott have a WhatsApp group called 'Tortured Man Club', Alwyn and Mescal are popular for their bonding in Sally Rooney adaptations. However, the duo met Scott two years ago while filming a skit for RTE Does Comic Relief.
According to Variety, the brain behind forming this group is Scott. In the interview, Mescal asked, "So what’s the name of the WhatsApp group that we’re in?" To which Alwyn says, "It’s the Tortured Man Club, I think. It’s me, you — and Andrew Scott started the group." Mescal further responded, "He’s just on it every day. He’s just on it by himself."
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Alwyn further claimed, "Just messaging himself good mornings. We were both in the Sally Rooney universe and crossed over with Lenny Abrahamson. We were so lucky to have that experience." Mescal has previously starred in Normal People (2020) and Alwyn in Conversations with Friends (2022) of the Salley Rooney universe. Alwyn has also spoken about the group in an earlier interview with GQ, he claimed that "The Tortured Man Club is, I guess a reflection on Mescal’s character in Normal People Connell and Nick.”
Meanwhile, Mescal and Alwyn are also dating two musicians. Alwyn claims to be secretly engaged to Taylor Swift and Mescal is reportedly engaged to Phoebe Bridgers. Alwyn has explained in an interview with Vogue, "I'm aware people want to know about that side of things. I think we have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people…but I really prefer to talk about work. Because I know what I feel about it. I think there's a very clear line as to what somebody should share, or feel like they have to share, and what they don't want to and shouldn't have to."
Taylor has previously told The Guardian, “I’ve learned that if I do, people think it’s up for discussion, and our relationship isn’t up for discussion. If you and I were having a glass of wine right now, we’d be talking about it – but it’s just that it goes out into the world. That’s where the boundary is, and that’s where my life has become manageable. I really want to keep it feeling manageable.” Alwyn addressed the engagement rumors in a recent interaction with WSJ, "If I had a pound for every time I think I've been told I've been engaged, then I'd have a lot of pound coins. I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn't say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn't say."
