{"id":446854,"date":"2026-01-30T07:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/446854\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:10:12","slug":"beatles-biopic-actors-shown-in-character-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/446854\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatles Biopic Actors Shown In Character For The First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been almost two years since Sam Mendes announced <a href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2252588\/sam-mendes-plans-to-direct-four-different-beatles-biopics\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his plan<\/a> to direct four different Beatles biopics, one for each member. In April last year the cast was <a href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2302511\/beatles-biopics-cast-confirmed-four-intersecting-movies-coming-april-2028\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confirmed<\/a>: Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Now, we&#8217;re getting a first look into the project.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures UK provided postcards of the actors as the Fab Four to the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts \u2014 which was co-founded by McCartney \u2014 and they were hidden around campus for students to find. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Keoghan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/metgalacrave\/status\/2016662399416209544?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">debuted<\/a> his new look as Starr yesterday at the Crime 101 UK gala screening. <\/p>\n<p>All four intersecting films are slated for April 2028. In October, the cast for the wives was revealed: Saoirse Ronan as Linda (Eastman) McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd, and Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen (Cox) Starkey. Check out the images below via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUGOvMiCi3X\/?igsh=djl6M3YyNGUwcXRn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LIPA Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2487099\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul-as-Paul.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2487100\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Harris-as-John.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2487101\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barry-as-Ringo.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2487102\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Joseph-as-George.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@voguemagazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@voguemagazine?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@voguemagazine<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love a peek inside \u201cThe Four Cheeky Chaps\u201d <a title=\"beatles\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/beatles?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Beatles<\/a> group chat. For the latest episode of Vogue\u2019s TheRunThrough, <a title=\"paulmescal\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/paulmescal?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#PaulMescal<\/a> and <a title=\"joshoconnor\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/joshoconnor?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#JoshOConnor<\/a> talk about their new film TheHistoryofSound\u2014plus plenty of tidbits about their friendship, careers, and even the animated characters they most identify with. Listen to the full episode at the link in bio.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Vogue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7550368819819137806?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Vogue<\/a>   <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been almost two years since Sam Mendes announced his plan to direct four different Beatles biopics, one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":["post-446854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}