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Ringo Starr Says He Asked Sam Mendes for Changes to Beatles Biopic Script

LONDON, UK, JUL 2 – Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last surviving Beatles, reflect on their enduring friendship, recent reunion, and the Grammy-winning final Beatles song 'Now and Then'.

  • Ringo Starr met with director Sam Mendes in April 2025 to review scripts for a four-part Beatles biopic focused on the band's story.
  • Starr sought changes after feeling his first marriage to Maureen Starkey Tigrett was inaccurately depicted in the scripts, which Mendes accepted.
  • The project, currently described as a four-part film series about The Beatles, will feature Barry Keoghan portraying Ringo Starr and is scheduled for release beginning in 2027 and continuing into 2028.
  • Starr said, “We would never do that,” about an inaccurate portrayal, added, “He'll do what he's doing, and I'll send him peace and love,” and approved Keoghan's casting.
  • This collaboration highlights Starr's ongoing engagement with presenting his legacy while the films aim to tell the intertwined story of the Beatles' rise and impact.
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Ringo Starr asked the filmmaker Sam Mendes to rewrite some parts of the script he is working on for the four biographical films of The Beatles. In a talk with the New York Times, the musician detailed that last April he met with the filmmaker. They worked with the script for two full days, in which the drummer contributed some notes, especially to give more precision to the scenes with his family and his first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett. It w…

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