Mescal & Edgar-Jones Sign Letter Defending Sally Rooney — SkimNews
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- Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones signed an open letter backing Sally Rooney after her books were withdrawn from the U.K.
- Sally Rooney's novel "Normal People" was adapted into a hit TV series that launched both Mescal and Edgar-Jones to fame.
- Jessie Buckley, Mescal's Oscar-winning "Hamnet" co-star, also signed the letter alongside numerous other supporters.
- The open letter characterizes Rooney as "a writer, not a terrorist," sharpening the dispute into a free-expression argument.
- The full content of the open letter was cut off in the source excerpt, with the article describing only the beginning of its signatories.
Why it matters: The mobilization of Rooney's breakout TV stars and other signatories — anchored by the pointed "writer, not a terrorist" framing — transforms a publisher's withdrawal decision into a high-profile free-expression dispute with cultural weight in the U.K. market, drawing the literary and screen worlds onto the same side of the fight.
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