The Beatles Movies Cast Adds Saoirse Ronan, Role Revealed

Saoirse Ronan has been tapped to star in Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopic. 

The four-time Academy Award nominee will be joining previously announced cast members Harris Dickinson as John Lennon,  Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. The project is currently titled The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event. 

Who is Saoirse Ronan playing in The Beatles movie cast?

Ronan is set to play Linda McCartney, the first wife of Paul McCartney. Linda, born Linda Louise Eastman, was a photographer, musician, and an animal rights activist. She rose to prominence in the 1960s after becoming the first female photographer to have her work featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. 

Mendes has been previously announced to be creating a total of four Beatles biopics, with each film focusing on each band member’s story. According to Deadline, the Little Women actor will be prominently featured in the film focused on McCartney. Mendes will direct all features from scripts written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan, and Jack Thorne. All four Mendes-directed biopics will be released in theaters in April 2028, per the outlet’s report. 

The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event is a collaboration between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Mendes’ Neal Street Productions. Producers are Mendes, Pippa Harris, and Neal Street’s Julie Pastor. Alexandra Derbyshire will also produce, in association with Apple Corps for Sony Pictures.

“Each man has his own story, but together they are legendary,” the official logline reads. 

Ronan is known for her starring roles in Lady Bird, The Lovely Bones, The Outrun, Atonement, The Seagull, Mary Queen of Scots, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Violet & Daisy, How I Live Now, Hanna, See How They Run, Foe, and Brooklyn, among others. She can next be seen in Bad Apples, an upcoming comedy thriller from director Jonatan Etzler.

(Source: Deadline)

Source: Comingsoon.net