Paul Mescal Hung Out With Paul McCartney for Beatles Biopic Prep

Paul Mescal called Paul McCartney “an extraordinary man,” and revealed that he’s spent some time with the musician he’s playing in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic. 

Speaking with IndieWire, Mescal said of McCartney, “To spend any time — it’s a crazy sentence to say that I’ve spent time with that man, let alone play him.” 

Mescal didn’t share any more details about the project, or his time with McCartney, though when asked if he planned to sing in the film, he replied, “Yeah, yeah, absolutely yeah.” 

Along with Mescal as McCartney, the Beatles films will star Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. Earlier this year, Keoghan revealed that he’d spent some time with the drummer, telling Jimmy Kimmel he went to Starr’s house, chatted with him, and watched him play the drums a bit. 

Keoghan then quipped, “He asked me to play, but I wasn’t playing the drums for Ringo… It was sort of one of those moments where you’re just in awe and you just froze.”

Mendes’ Beatles films — collectively titled The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event — are set to arrive in April 2028. The movies have been described as the “first binge-able theatrical experience,’ though it’s still unclear how the movies will be released, whether all at once or somewhat staggered.

While the four films will tell the story of the band, each film will have one of the members of the Fab Four at its center. When the project was officially announced earlier this year, Mendes said of telling the Beatles’ story in this way, “They’re four very different human beings. Perhaps this is a chance to understand them a little more deeply.”

He added: “I just felt the story of the band was too huge to fit into a single movie, and that turning it into a TV miniseries just somehow didn’t feel right.”