Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson have given Beatles fans a tantalising glimpse at their upcoming four-part Beatles anthology in the first images of themselves in character.
The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts (LIPA) – co-founded by McCartney in 1996 – has shared postcards of the actors dressed as the four band-members, with Mescal seemingly emulating McCartney during the band’s early days at the Cavern Club.
It’s the first time anyone has seen the Irish actor’s transformation into the music legend as he wore a simple T-shirt and sported the world-famous haircut.
A first glimpse of Keoghan as drummer Ringo Starr finds him wearing a black and white spotted puffer coat with headphones around his neck – a look typified by the percussionist as they recorded their self-titled double album in 1968.
While his hair was styled the same as Ringo’s signature ‘moptop,’ the actor also bore a striking facial resemblance to the drummer.
LIPA captioned the Instagram post: ‘We’ve been given exclusive postcards promoting the new Beatles movies! We’ve hidden them around LIPA, and we want students to find them.’
Paul Mescal sent fans wild as a first look of him as Paul McCartney has been revealed for the upcoming Beatles biopic
Barry Keoghan, who will play Ringo Starr had his hair styled the same as the drummer’s signature ‘mop top’
Barry will play the legendary drummer in a forthcoming biographical account of each band-member, directed by Sir Sam Mendes and scheduled for simultaneous release as a ‘cinematic event’ in 2028.
As the Normal People actor, 29, plays Paul in the upcoming four-part film series, alongside Harris Dickinson as John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
Last year, Sony finally confirmed the cast for its four highly anticipated Beatles films following months of speculation, with all four projects set for release in April 2028.
White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood, 31, will play George Harrison’s wife Pattie Boyd, while Irish Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, 31, has been cast as Linda McCartney, the muse to many of Paul McCartney’s songs.
Anna Sawai, 33, who has made a name for herself in the US drama series Shogun, will appear as John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono, and British actress Mia McKenna-Bruce, 28, will play Maureen Cox, the wife of Ringo Starr.
The Daily Mail revealed that the Beatles biopics will be filmed at London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios, with production getting underway in November last year despite earlier reports that plans had been blocked.
The Beatles biopics will be filmed at London’s Abbey Road Studios, with production underway in November last year (Joseph Quinn as George Harrison in the newly recent images)
It was previously claimed that Westminster Council would not allow filming at the famous zebra crossing, they have confirmed filming will go ahead (Harris Dickinson as John Lennon)
Last year, Sony finally confirmed the cast for its four highly anticipated Beatles films following months of speculation (Paul McCartney seen in 1965)
Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson have given Beatles fans a tantalising glimpse at their upcoming four-part Beatles anthology
While it was previously claimed that Westminster Council would not allow filming at the famous zebra crossing, the council has since confirmed to the Daily Mail that production will be going ahead.
Sam Mendes, who is directing the films, had wanted to recreate the Beatles’ 1969 album cover on the crossing.
Westminster Council told Daily Mail that they are, in fact, working closely with production teams to facilitate filming, which will involve closing the road.
The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles – Sir Paul, Sir Ringo, and the families of Lennon and Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
Ringo previously appeared to let slip that Saltburn star Keoghan had taken on the role.
He told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many.’
When Sir Ridley Scott was promoting his second Roman epic Gladiator II, he revealed leading man Mescal was joining the Beatles project, telling an industry event that the actor was ‘actually stacked up, doing the Beatles next’ so he may not be able to join him on his next film.
Keoghan recently admitted that he wasn’t able to look Beatles legend Starr in the eye during their first meeting because he was so overcome with nerves.
Barry will play the legendary drummer in a forthcoming biographical account of each band-member (Ringo pictured in 1965)
The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film (seen in 1964)
While the actor described their meeting as ‘lovely,’ he told Jimmy Kimmel Live that he was so starstruck he struggled to make eye contact with the drummer.
He recalled: ‘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.’
Asked if he was able to ‘study’ the musician, he added: ‘I was. 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.”‘
Despite being nervous, Barry did stress that Ringo was ‘absolutely lovely’ and that they sat in the garden ‘chatting away.’
‘My job is to observe and kinda taken in mannerisms and study him,’ Barry added. ‘I want to humanise him and bring feelings to it and not just sort of imitate.’
