Barry Keoghan has discussed working on the forthcoming Beatles biopic, describing his co-stars as “brothers”.
The Irish actor will play Ringo Starr in four simultaneously released biopics scheduled for release in 2028. Sam Mendes will direct all four films, one for each member of the band. Keoghan is joined by Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon. Recently, the first official images of the actors in character were released.
While appearing on Sirius XM’s The Julia Cunningham Show, the unique format of the films was discussed and the star was enthusiastic about his time filming. “It’s going to be an event and you know and we knew that coming on board” he said. “What an exciting event to be part of, and no better filmmaker to do it than Sam, you know, so I’m having an absolute fucking brilliant time and elevating my craft and, you know, making brothers as well on set.”
Keoghan was on the show promoting his new film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, which is on Netflix from today. He also discussed another hit film of his, 2023’s Saltburn, and how the infamous scene featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ has followed him around. “They played it three times at the Vanity Fair (Oscars party)” he recalled. “I was like, ‘Okay. We get it.’ Honestly, three times. You know, I was like, ‘What are they doing?’”.
Last month, Barry Keoghan compared playing Tommy Shelby’s son in the Peaky Blinders movie to playing Simba in The Lion King. “Honestly!” he said to Empire Magazine. “The Lion King was one of the ones that, for me, had that animalistic, father and son approach to it.”
Last year, he spoke about the nerves he felt meeting Ringo Starr for the first time, while doing his research to play him.