US EditionAnna Sawai Says Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films Will Include Yoko Ono’s ‘Side of the Story’
Anna Sawai will portray Yoko Ono, highlighting Ono's perspective in the Beatles' story, with four biopics releasing simultaneously on April 7, 2028, directed by Sam Mendes.
- Anna Sawai, the actor, will portray Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics, releasing April 7, 2028.
- Sawai said it was her dream to tell her story and prepared by reading books, watching videos and studying Ono's artwork, she told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere.
- While on set in London, Sawai said the cast, including Paul Mescal and Harris Dickinson, have been playing Beatles' music and no longer rely on sheet music.
- Meanwhile, audiences can catch Anna Sawai as Cate Randa in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2, which premieres on Feb. 27, returning her to her musical roots.
- The filmmakers intend to foreground Yoko Ono's perspective in the Beatles biopics, offering a version people still don't understand.
25 Articles
25 Articles
Anna Sawai Shares What It’s Like Playing Yoko Ono in the Upcoming Beatles Biopics
Sawai, 33, caught up with PEOPLE exclusively at the season 2 premiere of her Apple TV series, ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’Anna Sawai on Feb. 19, 2026; Yoko Ono in 1968 Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Susan Wood/GettyNEED TO KNOWAnna Sawai shared what it feels like to play Yoko Ono in the four upcoming Beatles biopics Sawai will play Ono in four films — each from the perspective of a different Beatle — set to hit theaters in April 2028Sawai caug…
Anna Sawai's Sheer Dress Went Nuclear On The 'Monarch' S2 Red Carpet And We Also Got Her 1st Quotes About Playing Yoko Ono In 'The Beatles'
Read more about Anna Sawai's Sheer Dress Went Nuclear On The 'Monarch' S2 Red Carpet And We Also Got Her 1st Quotes About Playing Yoko Ono In 'The Beatles' on https://www.barstoolsports.com/
Anna Sawai says Sam Mendes’ Beatles films will include Yoko Ono’s ‘side of the story’
Anna Sawai attends the world premiere of Apple TV’s “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” Season 2 at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 19, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Brianna Bryson/WireImage) Shōgun star Anna Sawai is set to play Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films, The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event. She tells Variety she hopes fans will come away with a better understanding of Ono, who married John Lennon in 1969 and has often be…
Anna Sawai on Playing Yoko Ono in ‘The Beatles’ Movies: ‘There’s a Version of Her I Feel People Still Don’t Understand’
While Anna Sawai has been busy conquering TV and film, the Emmy-winning “Shōgun” star first got her start in show business as a member of the J-pop band FAKY. Now, Sawai is going back to her musical roots in the role of Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes’ forthcoming “Beatles” biopics. “It was my dream to tell her story and I didn’t think it would come this quick,” Sawai told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere of Apple TV’s “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”…
Anna Sawai Has a Goddess Moment in Sheer Sea-Foam
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesAnna Sawai stars as Cate Randa—a former school teacher drawn into a quest to unravel her family’s ties to the shadowy organization Monarch—in Apple’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. But at last night’s season two premiere in Los Angeles, Sawai pushed against that narrative, delivering nothing short of a full-fledged goddess moment.Sawai favored a feminine aesthetic at the Los Angeles event, hitting the dar…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 71% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
