Paul McCartney says his Beatles biopic portrayal concerns him about his on-screen height

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For the most part, Sir Paul McCartney has given Sam Mendes’ upcoming “cinematic event” based on the lives and careers of The Beatles his blessing.However, the music legend has admitted that there’s one aspect to Paul Mescal playing him that he can’t quite get on board with.“Guess what? He’s smaller than the guy that plays John [Lennon],” an aghast Sir Paul told Amy Poehler in the latest episode of her podcast Good Hang. “Sam Mendes is making the film. I said, ‘Sam, I’ve got just one thing that I need to say to you… Paul’s a bit small!’”Sir Paul McCartney in December 2022The 19-time Grammy winner continued: “I don’t know how Sam’s going to deal with it. He sent me a picture – a still from the filming they were doing, and they’re crossing the Abbey Road crossing. And the Paul character is markedly smaller!”“And you can’t put lifts on those bare feet!” Amy quipped.WHAT DID I SAY!!! https://t.co/nXE1E6KFpy— angela's baby daddy (@spourtneys) October 13, 2026For the record, Paul Mescal is a respectable 5’11”, around the same height as the musician he’s playing, while his co-star Harris Dickinson is 6’2” compared to John Lennon’s 5’10”.Oscar winner Sam Mendes is currently cooking up four different films about each of The Beatles, which will be released simultaneously in 2028.Besides Harris and Paul, the movies will also feature Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, while the late George Harrison will be portrayed by Joseph Quinn.Paul Mescal Producer Pippa Harris told an audience at the London Film Festival earlier this week that the idea for the movies’ release was that people should “be able to experience them in the cinema during the same period” – but not necessarily the same day.“So within the same month, you might see one a week, or you might see one weekend and two the next and one the next,” she noted (as reported by Variety).“However you see it, I think our hope is that people will see all four films.”MORE FILM NEWS:11 Biggest Differences Between The Movie Adaptation Of Verity And The Original BookRobert Pattinson Speaks Out After The Batman Sequel Halts ProductionSlow Horses Director Weighs In On Jack Lowden James Bond Rumours

Sir Paul McCartney had ‘one thing’ to say to director Sam Mendes (Picture: Sue McKay/WireImage) Sir Paul McCartney laid down the law when it came to ‘one thing’ regarding Sir Sam Mendes’ Beatles films. Four biopics will be released in 2028, each focusing on the life of a different Beatle in a cinematic crossover event. Playing the music icons are Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn – but Sir Paul wasn’t pleased with the lineup. ‘We were all the same height,’ he insisted to Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast. ‘Ringo was a bit smaller, and if you look at photos, we’re all the same height.’ Unfortunately for the Hey Jude legend, he keeps being portrayed as shorter than John Lennon. ‘Guess what? [Paul Mescal’s] smaller than the guy who plays John!’ Sir Paul exclaimed about the casting. The Hamnet star, 30, is an accurate Beatle height at around 5ft 11, while Harris, 30, is 6ft 2 – over three inches taller than Lennon. Sir Paul continued: ‘I said, “Sam [Mendes], I’ve got just one thing I need to say to you. You know, Paul’s a bit smaller than me!” So I don’t know how Sam’s going to deal with it. ‘He sent me a picture, a still from the filming they were doing and they’re crossing the Abbey Road crossing, and the Paul character is markedly smaller!’ The 19-time Grammy winner begged the director not to make him shorter, pleading, ‘You said you wouldn’t do it!’ Amy joked that, due to Sir Paul’s bare feet in the iconic Abbey Road picture, they couldn’t even use ‘lifts’ to make him appear taller. Apparently, Sam, who directed Skyfall and American Beauty, reassured him they’d all be the same height after some photo editing. The Abbey Road crossing has become synonymous with the band (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) The cast are Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison (Picture: John Russo/PA Wire) Sir Paul was the same height as John Lennon (Picture: John G. Zimmerman Archive/REX/Shutterstock) Turns out this isn’t the first time Sir Paul has been given a height disadvantage on screen as he reflected on 2009’s Nowhere Boy. The Lennon-inspired biopic, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, starred a then 18-year-old Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lennon in his breakthrough role. He was taller than his co-star, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played a ‘kind of wimpy’ Sir Paul, according to the singer himself. At one point, Lennon knocks his ‘smaller’ pal to the floor, in a moment that is entirely fabricated. ‘Her only explanation, bless her because she’s still a good friend, she said, “This is a movie. It’s not a documentary.” I thought, “Well, I don’t like that explanation.” ‘But I couldn’t do anything because she [by then] she’d made the film,’ Sir Paul continued. ‘There was I, little Paul, you know? ‘John, the great big hero and it’s like, “No! It’s not true!”‘ At least in the new films, he’ll still be taller than Sir Ringo, as actor Barry Keoghan is apparently 5ft 8. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source

Paul McCartney has one issue with The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, starring Paul Mescal. The English musician sat down with Amy Poehler on Good Hang with Amy Poehler and shared what has been bothering him about the upcoming movies. McCartney revealed that what has been bothering him about the Sam Mendes-directed features is […] The post Paul McCartney Reveals His Biggest Problem With Beatles Movies Ahead of Paul Mescal’s Performance appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.

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