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\n The boys before their Beatlesification.
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It\u2019s been a minute since any of us have seen Barry Keoghan, so you can forgive a bit of surprise when the Irish actor rocked up to the Crime 101 premiere on January 28 with a haircut that can only be described as LEGO man\u2013esque<\/a>. Keoghan\u2019s overgrown bowl cut was a shock not only because we\u2019ve never seen him look like this before, but because it was the first public clue of what he may look like when he plays Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes\u2019s forthcoming Beatles biopics. Has anyone figured out what we\u2019re calling these four movies yet? On paper, they\u2019re The Beatles \u2014 A Four-Film Cinematic Event, but that can\u2019t be what we\u2019re supposed to be saying all the time. What about, like, Fab Fourtet?<\/p>\n For a brief handful of hours, it seemed like Keoghan\u2019s red-carpet mop top was going to be our first and only look at what he \u2014 or Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, or Joseph Quinn \u2014 would look like as his respective Beatle. On the morning of January 29, we got our first look at each of our forthcoming Beatles boys in a series of postcards that Sony gave to the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts<\/a> (or LIPA<\/a> \u2014 no Dua) for students to find around the building.<\/p>\n While we\u2019ve yet to hear any music or silly little voices, we\u2019re getting a somewhat blurry look at movies that are still two whole years away from being released. Maybe this is all some kind of stealth operation by Sony to gauge whether the public is sold on this casting just yet. Or maybe this is as good as it gets, and like all things, we just have to make due. We haven\u2019t seen Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney or Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono yet, so there\u2019s time yet to get everyone the best possible wig. Here\u2019s hoping the students at LIPA have a great time chasing down these postcards and that the rest of us can hold out at least another year before we even see a trailer for whatever these movies are about to be.<\/p>\n the first look so far of harris dickinson as john lennon. pic.twitter.com\/2ysUqRHw13<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 harris dickinson daily (@dickinsonsdaily) January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n If there\u2019s one thing that Sam Mendes understands, it\u2019s that John Lennon wore tiny glasses, and now so does Harris Dickinson.<\/p>\n Paul McCartney: so whose garden are you writing a song about?<\/p>\n Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr: he\u2019s sart of like a friendly octopus pic.twitter.com\/JAcnQDnOD3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Doc Sportello (@TheDocSportello) January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Yes, his face looks both swollen and yassified, but Keoghan has managed to capture the iconic \u201cRingo glare,\u201d a.k.a. what he looked like when he tried to figure out what kind of animal\u2019s garden<\/a> he wanted to write a song about. It\u2019s easy to laugh at his hair out of context, but he actually grew out a pretty effective mop, so you have to hand it to him, especially once we get to what they want us to think George Harrison looked like.<\/p>\n The Pauls share an open sadness in their eyes, and in this lone, low-quality photo of a photo, it\u2019s clear that Mescal finds the inherent sadness in McCartney\u2019s stoic vision for what the band could be. Beyond that, however, that\u2019s just a picture of Paul Mescal, and not one of the greatest living rock-and-roll legends.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34 First official look at Joseph Quinn as George Harrison in \u2018THE BEATLES\u2019 biopics pic.twitter.com\/Ee8rCMALFr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Joseph Quinn HQ (@joequinnhq) January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Is this a Big Little Lies wig? Please: We have two years to fix this. Someone fix this.<\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n