Barry Keoghan plays Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ Beatles film

Ringo Starr on the casting of Barry Keoghan

The star confirmed during an interview with Entertainment Tonight that Keoghan, an Oscar-nominated actor known for The Banshees of Inishrin and Saltburn, will play him. “I think he’s OK. I believe he’s taking drum lessons somewhere, and I hope not too much,” said the 84-year-old musician.

The films will “tell the surprising story of the greatest band in history”, leading up to their 1970 breakup.

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Mendes, the director of critical hits such as American Beauty, Road to Perdition and 1917, describes his latest project as “a challenge to the notion of how movies travel.”

The families of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the late John Lennon and George Harrison have given the filmmaker the full life story and music rights for upcoming films.

It is also rumored in the American media that Gladiator II stars Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn are in talks to play the roles of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, respectively, while Harris Dickinson is in talks to play John Lennon.

Mendes, along with Pippa Harris and Julie Pastor, will produce the film through their Neal Street Productions.

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The Beatles were the original boy band of pop music. Formed in Liverpool in 1960, the band soon became a global sensation and were the world’s number one music act from 1963–66. The group broke up in 1970, but all members subsequently had considerable solo success.

,With PTI inputs,