Sam Mendes’ Beatles Biopic Series Has Reportedly Cast its Linda McCartney

Irish histrion Saoirse Ronan has reportedly been formed arsenic Linda McCartney successful Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four Film Cinematic Event. 

According to Deadline, aggregate sources person stated that Ronan — famed for her performances successful Ladybird and Little Women — volition play the archetypal woman of The Beatles’ Paul McCartney successful the upcoming bid of biopics. Representatives for distributors Sony Pictures are yet to marque an authoritative comment.

As announced earlier this year, each of the Mendes-directed Beatles films volition archer the communicative of a antithetic subordinate of the band. Ronan volition diagnostic prominently successful the installment centered connected McCartney alongside Paul Mescal arsenic the singer, portion it is presently chartless to what grade she mightiness look successful the different three.

Ronan has received 4 Oscar nominations crossed an illustrious vocation and appeared successful addiction-recovery play The Outrun last year. More recently, she led the acheronian drama Bad Apples, which premiered astatine the Toronto Film Festival past month.

The 31-year-old joins a formed that includes Barry Keoghan arsenic Ringo Starr, Joseph Quinn arsenic George Harrison, and Harris Dickinson arsenic John Lennon. With scripts written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne, the films are expected to get successful outpouring 2028, though authoritative details presently stay scant.

Linda and Paul McCartney met successful 1967 and they were joined until her decease from crab successful 1998. She was a photographer, instrumentalist and carnal rights activistic who founded a vegetarian nutrient company. She besides performed alongside Paul arsenic portion of his post-Beatles band, Wings.