So, how does Ringo feel about Barry portraying him on the big screen? “I heard the guy who’s playing me was taking drum lessons,” he told Entertainment Tonight in 2024, quipping, “and I asked someone to tell him not to take too many.”
Directed by Sam Mendes, each movie in the multi-part project will center around one member of The Beatles.
“My life as a lad, John’s life, Paul’s life, George’s life, I mean, it must interact in some way,” Ringo explained to People last year. “There’ll be Beatles in mine around when I joined, and there’ll be Beatles in Paul’s. We’ll all be there. So, I’m excited.”
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