Paul McCartney Clears Up an Annoying Tall Tale Filmmakers Keep Getting Wrong About the Beatles: ‘Don’t Do This!’
Forget about who wrote what and pull out the measuring tape!
During the Beatles' peak, Paul McCartney and John Lennon shared a loving yet fiercely competitive relationship. Despite their eventual breakup and animosity, they reconciled before Lennon's death in 1980. Recently, on the podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, McCartney expressed frustration over a persistent misconception about the band members' heights.
When asked about the age difference, McCartney clarified that Lennon was one and a half years older than him, not younger, and that all four band members were the same height. Notably, director Sam Taylor-Johnson's 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy depicted teenage John Lennon as taller than McCartney, which upset McCartney, who corrected the director about his character's smaller stature.
Paul Mescal, who plays McCartney in an upcoming Sam Mendes series, is also shorter than Mescal's portrayal of John Lennon, a 6'2" British actor named Harris Dickinson.
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