Reacting to the Rumored Cast of the Beatles Biopics | The Big Picture

Reacting to the Rumored Cast of the Beatles Biopics | The Big Picture | Ringer Movies

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24 күн бұрын

The Ringer's Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins react to the recent casting rumors surrounding the upcoming quartet of biopics about the Beatles. They talk about whether or not the casting makes sense for each role, share their complicated feelings about director Sam Mendes, and discuss how they'd like to see these movies play out.
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@NumunuBeats 22 күн бұрын

“Walk Hard” already perfectly cast The Beatles members.

@yesi2117 5 күн бұрын

Why they got Jack Black to play Paul lmao. He ain't even fat

@griffinryan5530 22 күн бұрын

Big fan of these snippets from the pod please keep them up they are so good for a quick watch when I don't have the time for the pod during a busy week!

@mikecat6291 22 күн бұрын

4:21 Barry Keoghan slander, never got the impression he was a "goof", pretty impressive actor

@ttsg5601 22 күн бұрын

Charlie Rowe was the runner-up to Tom Holland for the Spider-Man role.

@jeffreyroedel9804 17 күн бұрын

I could see Holland as George Harrison actually.

@ianrobinson4200 21 күн бұрын

I'll see all these movies, but I'll never believe that they'll be anything great or have any info you couldn't find out better in docos or books

@JOVONO 17 күн бұрын

They should have went for unknowns so they could mould them The Beatles look and act like they grew up together Getting four well known distinct people who are all famous ruins this for me

@rigsby1454 22 күн бұрын

Wouldn’t it be better to just cast unknowns

@coparo91 22 күн бұрын

Would be crazy to not cast a single scouser

@shitpostheavy 21 күн бұрын

But then who would watch it realistically

@jeffreyroedel9804 17 күн бұрын

Ultimately, I want Mendes to cast the most talented actors who at least somewhat resemble the band. I'm ok with them being known actors, if they are the best. I'd rather that then take a chance on all four unknowns. But Mendes always does well with casting so I'm not worried either way.

@jimjimjim6186 18 күн бұрын

4 movies, over one year every new season: Paul for Xmas John Spring A Rockn Ringo Summer Smash And George for a Spiritual Fall

@oakleycraghead8643 22 күн бұрын

Sean bringing a different aura with the beard… on another note…. Calling members of The Beatles Irish??? Am I mistaken?? They’re all Scousers.

@ry8102 22 күн бұрын

Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t scousers come from Irish lineage?

@oakleycraghead8643 21 күн бұрын

You’re right, but they’re not technically Irish I guess. I see scousers as their own thing.

@ostrichman 20 күн бұрын

@@ry8102 indeed John, Paul and George all have Irish Heritage still they're scousers through and through, bit of a stretch to say theyre Irish

@pedroV2003 22 күн бұрын

Revolutionary Road is absolutely AWESOME!!

@mikecat6291 22 күн бұрын

It's aged amazingly well, we were just swimming in a glut of movies like that at the time, we didn't know what we had til it was GONE.

@pedroV2003 22 күн бұрын

@@mikecat6291 its a universal story. I mean the book came out in the late 50's (I think) so its been around for a long time. I read the book too and I highly recommend it. Its just such good material and then you add the considerable talents of Decaprio, Winslet and Mendes and it just doesn't miss a beat.

@mikecat6291 22 күн бұрын

@@pedroV2003 too true, and don't forget the "ol hopeless, emptiness"! I feel like it's the movie that cemented Michael Shannon as one of the most peerless character actors in modern film history. And then there's David Harbour who just melts into this role that's like nothing we've seen from him since. Just some of the most transfixing performances of all these actors careers, and we just handwaved it away. Now we are absolutely STARVING for movies like this again.

@pedroV2003 22 күн бұрын

@@mikecat6291 ah man how the hell did I forget Michael Shannon. He was spectacular. The whole cast was brilliant.

@harryschiller5368 17 күн бұрын

No! Dicaprio and Winslet were so miscast. It was awful. Read the book

@henzoewing 22 күн бұрын

I think the 4 movies approach is an interesting idea. What didn’t work with Bullhemian Crapsody was the fact that the surviving members of Queen demanded that all 4 members get equal screentime. What are they gonna do, say no to the people who have ownership of the music? This way, everyone gets their story told, should be no objections. Hopefully they don’t just add filler to pad out the runtime.

@JOVONO 16 күн бұрын

The only casting I sort of like is Charlie Rowe as George however they should have just gone for an unknown and definitely had a look at people from Liverpool Paul’s Mescal looks like a mix of Paul, John and Ringo he could have been cast as any of them but he’s a bit too built for Paul and has stronger features than Paul McCartney The casting I want to see is Maya Hawke as Linda Eastman/McCartney

@henzoewing 22 күн бұрын

Charlie Rowe is also gonna be in Noah Baumbach’s 2025 movie with a lot of other people.

@michaelcoy311 19 күн бұрын

Peter Jackson should direct these.

@ejpanaligan 22 күн бұрын

need ID on Sean's jacket. i'm about to steal his swag

@FluxedState 22 күн бұрын

Love old people talking about movies.

@gv02208 22 күн бұрын

Hell yeah, brother.

@joedevich 22 күн бұрын

Old people. Lol

@mikecat6291 22 күн бұрын

Someone has to since young people have never seen any. Have you ever TALKED to a young person about classic movie staples? Absolutely embarrassing! If it came out before they were born, they've never seen it. All they know is the IP hell they were so violently thrust into from their mother's womb!

@MatthewZwirn 22 күн бұрын

How old are you? If you think they're old you're wrong

@OconByrd519 22 күн бұрын

@@mikecat6291young people don’t talk to each other AT ALL, they’re all staring at their damn phones!

@dtothemain1434 22 күн бұрын

Has no one ever said the TV screen in that office is too bright?

@kevinlakeman5043 16 күн бұрын

I'm not familiar w/ the guy rumored to be playing Harrison, but the other three are truly quality actors. I just wish biopics weren't generally mediocre to awful. They're gonna do what they can get a sufficient budget for, no matter the quality of the writing and production crew, but I suspect if they do these 4 movies that they'll also be mediocre at best. I'm just about the music, not the People magazine 'intimate personal look at the men behind the music' fodder.

@dereksupernaut 22 күн бұрын

i do not understand movies about modern famous folk, why not make an documentary... why would you want to watch anyone act as the Beatles???

@sprout_ella 17 күн бұрын

Dobb Mobb be like: 🤌🤌

@terrycullen3302 19 күн бұрын

Apparently Rowe has confirmed he has NOT been cast as George.

@JOVONO 17 күн бұрын

He’s probably the only one I kinda like however he looks too healthy to play George

@ierdna9242 16 күн бұрын

source?

@thatmoviechanneljustin8502 21 күн бұрын

We need to start a Revolutionary Road Hive

@toddileelee6935 16 күн бұрын

They are going to do to the Beatles what they did to Starwars. In the words of George ''It's all too much''

@ponkzilla 3 күн бұрын

movie 1. john, quarrymen to hamburg movie 2. ringo. replacing pete best, beatlemania, US invasion. movie 3. George,. stop touring, death of brian epstien, india movie 4. Paul. get back sessions to break up of band. If they wanted to do it chronologically that is

@scottv8124 21 күн бұрын

If you were Beatles dorks youre completely anti this idea. They wont show us the true pricks those guys were...groupies, drugs etc. Biopics suck in general, we'll never get the real story nor will they or those who protect their legacy will allow anything that taints their legacy to be shown

@richiekoesel24 22 күн бұрын

Why don’t you guys give Jeff Snieder his credit he first reported it

@esoteric_1 21 күн бұрын

Jeff is getting the love he has been name checked in other Ringer and Empire podcasts back in good old England by Klopp spruiker Chris Hewitt. Bring on the Slott-era

@RioYugo 21 күн бұрын

Movie 1: Ringo. where he joins the band and it ends with Rubber Soul or Revolver. Movie 2: Paul. where it goes from ‘65 or ‘66 to ‘69. What a run. Movie 3: John. in 1970. First solo album. NY in the 70’s. Movie 4: George. Retrospective film set in the 80’s and/or 90’s.

@yesi2117 5 күн бұрын

Agree

@StrangeKindaErin 6 күн бұрын

Okay but, I think Freddie Highmore looks more like George than Charlie. But that's my opinion.

@billpearis9964 22 күн бұрын

Didn’t they say when they announced this that all four movies would come out in 2027?

@jeffreyroedel9804 17 күн бұрын

Yes. I wonder about this. I'm guessing there will be a short theatrical and festival run for all four, but then I could see them releasing these on Netflix or Hulu one per week or something in Nov '27.

@gizmo123265 18 күн бұрын

Jesus, no, they are actually MCU-ing The Beatles.....

@McMasher 20 күн бұрын

Hot take but it’s George and John that have to be the can’t miss ones. John because of Yoko and his murder, George because I think his spirituality and virtuosity are incredibly important

@jonathanneira419 18 күн бұрын

just this cast is a marketing thing, casting knows guys that not look anything like The Beatles, only for catch young public and sell better this movie, lets hope that at lest the story gonna be good...

@williamparsons5389 20 күн бұрын

Why can’t you guys give credit to your source? Seems like what you’re supposed to do as a journalist. Even if it’s just a rumor you’re using it as a talking point for your show. 👎

@danielclements24 22 күн бұрын

I think you guys should source where the story comes from. Sneider deserves the shoutout. I'm not angry about it, just a thought.

@j.s3300 22 күн бұрын

Breathe

@justingabel8031 22 күн бұрын

Y’all act like Mendes is a mediocre director lol, he’s an absolutely fantastic director with a string of amazing movies…I will say splitting a Beatles movie up into 4 parts sounds like a bad idea…but I get you can’t probably just have 1 movie for the Beatles cause someone is gonna get left out and not have a big part…but I can’t just imagine people going to see a movie focusing solely on Ringo lol

@GonzoGolf 20 күн бұрын

His last movie was one of the worst movies ever made, completely unwatchable

@harryschiller5368 17 күн бұрын

No, Mendes is a poor filmmaker. He stages things like a play, unsurprisingly. He over scores everything also. American Beauty is really ham fisted and Road to Perdition is halfway between the Sting and The Godfather, with none of the profundity of Coppola or the spontaneity and humor of Newman and Redford. His British movies are just very stoic and solemn, the Bond movies were overlong. Empire of Light was awful.

@shitpostheavy 21 күн бұрын

Further proof that Sean needed to go on Schmoedown. Quiz battle for movie nerds that Grif from Blank Check competed on. Sean would destroy.

@jhneilson 20 күн бұрын

Dickinson as Lennon -- looks so unlike Lennon it's distracting Mescal as McCartney -- I like it, personality seems right Rowe as Harrison -- don't know him, but 1st impression is yes Keoghan as Starr -- please no

@JOVONO 17 күн бұрын

Harris Dickinson is also way taller than John Lennon and the other rumoured cast members too John was not the tallest and had a pretty solid build at least compared to Paul and George until like 1968/69 when he started getting more into drugs and even then he wasn’t Harris Dickinson skinny until the mid 70s to 1980 when he was on that insane diet

@damiboo3640 22 күн бұрын

Why is Mezcal McCartney? He's a dead ringer (hah) for Ringo!

@christopherq578 19 күн бұрын

These ad breaks are annoying as shit

@Lamidemonami7891 22 күн бұрын

Someone needs to introduce Amanda to Chappell Roan- the popular white woman who has the ACTUAL song of the summer

@clarktudor2706 22 күн бұрын

Amanda has before

@michaeldault6776 19 күн бұрын

Beatles are untouchable in my opinion. It's like debating religion or politics. There will never be common ground among people.

@jp-47471 22 күн бұрын

Ughhh. I think the casting is pretty great, but I don't get or like The Beatles. I only like 2 songs by them - Strawberry Fields, and The Fool on the Hill

@mikecat6291 22 күн бұрын

Consider me team CR: Rolling Stones > Beatles any day of the week.

@dereklawson1318 22 күн бұрын

@@mikecat6291 That isn't and never has been as cool a thing to say as you think.

@jp-47471 21 күн бұрын

@@mikecat6291 I too like Rolling Stones.

@JOVONO 17 күн бұрын

Your opinions are pretty backwards The Beatles are great but the casting is not

@joshloden0518 9 күн бұрын

This is the reason why studios are losing money. You don’t need 4 separate films for each member. No one will see all 4. But hey, let’s keep doing the same shit and then keep bitching when these project end up failing