Paul McCartney Mentions Beatles Films Because Paul Mescal Is Shorter Than John Lennon Actor. He Texted Director Sam Mendes: "Don't Do It!"

Paul McCartney Can Work With Sam Mendes, Director of Four Upcoming Beatles Films in Which Paul Mescal Plays McCartney, Harris Dickinson Plays John Lennon, Joseph Quinn Plays George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan Plays Ringo Starr. What's the Issue? It All Comes Down to Mescal's Height Compared to His Co-Stars. […]

Paul McCartney could work with Sam Mendes, the director of the upcoming four Beatles films starring Paul Mescall as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. What is the subject? It all comes down to Meskal's height compared to his co-stars.

"We were all the same height!" On the Good Hang podcast, McCartney revealed how films based on The Beatles falsely portrayed him as shorter than his bandmates. "We were all the same height and Ringo was a little smaller. And if you look at the pictures, we're all the same height." A24's UK related stories 'It Gets Worse', 'The Key Players' and 'Ministry of Time' air on Paramount+ in the US.

"Guess what?" McCartney added about Meskal. "He's younger than the guy who plays John. Sam Mendes is making the movie. I said, 'Sam, I just have to tell you one thing.' You know, Paul [Mescall] is a little bit smaller.' Popular in Variety

McCartney also once expressed his displeasure to Sam Taylor-Johnson, director of the 2009 film Nowhere Boy, which starred Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a teenage John Lennon. Thomas Brody-Sangster had a supporting role as McCartney in the biographical drama, but is shorter than Taylor-Johnson.

"John's character, who he later marries, Aaron — he's older than me in the movie," McCartney said. "My character is kind of soulless. Smaller than John. John knocks me down. And it's like, 'Sam, that's not right!' His only explanation, God bless him, because he's still a good friend, he said, 'This is a movie, it's not a documentary.' And I thought, 'Well, I don't like that explanation.' But I couldn't do anything because he had already made the film. I was there, little Paul. John, the great hero, and like: No! This is not true."

Mendes directed four Beatles films, one of which focused on each band member. The project, officially titled The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event, is backed by Sony Pictures and is currently in the middle of its year-long production run. All four films will be released in theaters in April 2028.

"We want people to be able to experience them in a similar time period in the cinema," producer Pippa Harris said recently at the London Film Festival.

"In the same month — you might see one a week, or you might see one weekend and another two weeks and the next one whenever you see it, I think our hope is that people will see all four movies."

Watch McCartney's full interview about "Good Hang" in the video below.