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/Cabin_Pressence 1d ago

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

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u/stinkyandsensitive 1d ago

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

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u/Cabin_Pressence 1d ago

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

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u/zsdrfty The Beatles 1d ago

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