Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson will play The Beatles in Sam Mendes' new films

When news first broke of not one but four new films about The Beatles, attention almost immediately went to who would be playing the Fab Four in the films.

Director Sam Mendes – the Oscar-winning director behind films like American Beauty, Skyfall and 1917 – is set to tell the story of each member of the seminal group in the ambitious project, which will see all four movies being released simultaneously in April 2028.

And with the new movies marking the first time living members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and The Beatles’ record company, have given permission for their stories to be told on the big screen, the pressure is on to nail it.

Unsurprisingly, people have already had opinions about the first casting announcement of perhaps the most famous and influential band in the world, with some people unimpressed that half of the quartet would be played by well-known (and apparently un-Liverpuddlian) actors.

If you’re lost about who is playing who in Sam Mendes’ ambitious new project, fret not. We’ve compiled exactly who’s lined up to appear in the films and put it all in one place…

Paul Mescal

Continuing his run as one of the biggest actors of the moment, Irish actor Paul Mescal is signed up to play Paul McCartney.

It comes off the back of huge roles in the likes of Gladiator II as well as Oscar buzz for the upcoming Hamnet in which he plays William Shakespeare.

Paul broke out in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People, before going on to pick up critical acclaim through his heartbreaking performances in Aftersun and All Of Us Strangers.

The Oscar nominee has already fed us bits and pieces about how he’s getting into character as his Beatles namesake, including learning to play the guitar lefthanded and singing the iconic Beatles song Blackbird alongside Macca himself.

Harris Dickinson

Also claiming a leading spot in the Beatles line-up is Harris Dickinson, who’ll play John Lennon.

Following his major breakout role in 2022 satirical black comedy film Triangle Of Sadness, the London-born actor more recently starred opposite Nicole Kidman in erotic thriller

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