Get a load of Sam Mendes’ Beatles in their Abbey Road era
A photo leak from the director’s biopic quadrilogy shows the Faux Four reenacting the famous album cover.
Westminster residents have endured a continuous influx of tourists recreating The Beatles' famous Abbey Road crossing since the album's 1969 release. Now, director Sam Mendes, filming his four-part Beatles biopic, has presented a new challenge for the tourists who have grown tired of the situation. According to TMZ, Mendes' "Fake Four"—portrayed by Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon—were recently spotted on the iconic crossing, dressed in the Beatles' signature Abbey Road-era attire.
This photo of the four young actors, captioned #BeatlesBiopics, has sparked discussion about how they appear in period-appropriate attire. Some critics question whether Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn seem like they are in "cosplay," while Barry Keoghan appears to have "stepped out of Yellow Submarine and straight into a barber's shop," and Paul Mescal's McCartney looks like the doppelganger some conspiracy theorists claim existed on the original album cover.
Despite the criticisms, the young actors seem to be handling the scrutiny with grace, as shown in this photo. Sam Mendes' series, "The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event," will release all four films simultaneously, each focusing on the Beatles' impact on pop culture from the perspective of a different band member.
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