The joy round Sam Mendes’ formidable four-movie celebration of The Beatles continues to mount, as the latest casting information reveals who will play 4 key girls from the Fab 4’s story: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Saoirse Ronan, Anna Sawai, and Aimee Lou Wooden have all been confirmed as becoming a member of the solid of The Beatles — A 4-Movie Cinematic Occasion.
Ronan, a four-time Oscar nominee for her performances in films together with Girl Chook and Little Ladies, will play Linda (née Eastman) McCartney, whereas Sawai, the breakout star of FX’s Shōgun, will turn out to be the enduring Yoko Ono. Wooden, lately seen stealing scenes in Netflix’s Intercourse Training and HBO’s The White Lotus, will tackle the position of George Harrison’s girlfriend Pattie Boyd, and British TV vet Mia McKenna-Bruce rounds out the quartet as Maureen (née Cox) Starkey.
It’s a powerful assortment of actresses who appear greater than well-matched for the core solid of stars, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn. For this undertaking, the life tales of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison tales be informed in 4 particular person movies from the viewpoint of every Beatle. Whereas different biopics have been made about members of The Beatles, none of them have made a serious affect, maybe as a result of that is the primary undertaking to be made with the rights to the complete life tales of the band — and, most significantly, the music rights.
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All 4 The Beatles films are set to premiere in April 2028. The press launch from Sony Photos additionally reveals that “the announcement of actors portraying Cynthia Lennon, Brian Epstein, George Martin, Ravi Shankar and different key roles will probably be forthcoming.” Within the meantime, try sondramedia’s in-depth interview with Sawai, who was our TV Performer of the Yr in 2024 for her Emmy-winning work on Shōgun.
