Saoirse Ronan, Aimee Lou Wood and more cast in Beatles biopics
Saoirse Ronan, Mia McKenna Bruce, Anna Sawai, and Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics as the wives of the Fab Four.
Saoirse Ronan, Mia McKenna Bruce, Anna Sawai, and Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics.
The award-winning actresses will star in The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event as the wives of the Fab Four, who will be played by Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn.
Lady Bird star Saoirse will play photographer Linda Eastman, later McCartney, while How to Have Sex actress Mia has been cast as Maureen Starkey nee Cox.
Shogun star Anna will take on the role of Yoko Ono, while the White Lotus actress Amy will play Pattie Boyd.
Director Sam said: “Maureen, Linda, Yoko and Pattie are four fascinating and unique figures in their own right - and I’m thrilled that we’ve managed to persuade four of the most talented women working in film today to join this amazing adventure."
Roles including John's mother Cynthia Lennon, manager Brian Epstein, producer George Martin, and musician Ravi Shankar have yet to be cast.
However, it was recently reported by Deadline that Epstein will be played by James Norton.
Each of the four movies will tell the story of the different members of the iconic group, so it is unclear how significantly Epstein will feature in each film, but he is expected to be a part of all them.
The Svengali met the Beatles at a lunchtime concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club in 1961 and put them under contract, despite having no experience in managing musicians, and eventually secured them a record deal with Parlophone.
The movies will star Mescal as Sir Paul McCartney, Keoghan as Sir Ringo Starr, Dickinson as the late John Lennon and Quinn as the late George Harrison.
Mescal recently admitted he has spent time with McCartney ahead of portraying him in the movies, admitting it was a "crazy" moment in his life.
Asked if he has connected with his namesake Paul, he told IndieWire: "I have, yeah.
"He’s an extraordinary man, like to spend any time - it’s a crazy sentence to say that I’ve spent time with that man, let alone play him."
Quizzed on whether he will be doing his own singing in the four films, he said: "Yeah, yeah, absolutely yeah."
Meanwhile, Keoghan previously recalled how he "couldn't look at" the drummer he will be playing in the biopics, let alone show off his musical skills, when they first met.
Speaking on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', the Banshees of Inisherin actor said: "I met him at his house, and he played the drums for me.
"He asked me to play, but I wasn't playing the drums for Ringo.
"And when I was talking to him, I couldn't look at him. I was nervous, like right now. But he's like, 'You can look at me.' "
