If you’ve been online at all the past week, then chances are you saw the viral photo of Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal giggling and smoking together outside of a pub. While the internet is split on whether or not a romance is blooming between the two, a body language expert recently dissected what their body language showed: platonic or romantic.

In rather unlikely news, the internet has become obsessed with a potential new couple in Hollywood: actors Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal. Yes, we're just as surprised as you are but following the emergence of paparazzi pictures of the pair together during a public outing in London this month,

Recently, pictures of Paul Mescal and Natalie Portman enjoying each other's company outside a bar in London went viral online.

Fans are in an uproar after Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal were spotted together at a bar in London. Portman, 42, and Mescal, 28, were captured in photos obtained by The Daily Mail sharing a cigarette outside Bar 69 in Islington, London. They sported ...

D o we smell a new romance in the air? Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal got the internet buzzing this morning when new photos emerged of the pair sharing a smoke outside of a London bar.

There’s a lot to love about the notion of the recently single Portman and always adorable Mescal delving into a situationship of some sort, but even if they’re just platonic smoking buddies, there’s plenty of cultural precedent to support the idea that we’re heading into something of a May-December summer.

If you’ve had a scrolling sesh in the last 24 hours, you’ll have no doubt spotted those pictures of Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal. The Star Wars actress, 42, and the Normal People star, 28, were recently seen sharing a cigarette outside of a popular London bar.

Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal were seen hanging out outside of a London bar on May 28, more than two months after the Black Swan star finalized her divorce with Benjamin Millepied.