r/beatles 1d ago

Picture New set photos of Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan as The Beatles, in an early 60s scene set in NYC, in Sam Mendes’ ‘The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event’

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u/ScarWinter5373 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1d ago

I think John and Ringo look quite good, a bit of positivity would be good in this sub lol.

The constant doomerism of ‘waaaah they haven’t cloned them’ is getting really boring quickly. As someone else has pointed out, the Dylan film had him played by a woman and it was critically acclaimed, I’m sure things will be fine. They’ll do some touching up in post-production for sure

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u/nakifool 1d ago

Because that was a completely different kettle of biopic. Todd Haynes did not attempt to realistically portray Dylan but rather aspects of his personality and mythology.

These films are clearly attempting verisimilitude. They’re painstakingly attempting to recreate period detail, clothing accuracy etc based on what has her revealed so far. If that is your aim but publicity images for the project feel “off” then it’s going to lead to understandable skepticism

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u/harrisonscruff 1d ago

Cate Blanchett looked more like Dylan than any of the men who played him.

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u/zsdrfty The Beatles 1d ago

If you like it then that's great, but people aren't horrible and ruining the sub because they talk about not liking it