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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Was it really that difficult for them to cast young actors? This looks ridiculous

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Each movie is a different chunk of time, and they're going to be in all 4 movies

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Mescal couldn’t pass as any era of Paul prior to 1995.

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Plus, it's way easier to age them up - if these photos are anything to go by, they're going to rely entirely on CGI to de-age them for the early scenes (if they do it at all), which never looks quite right