Paul McCartney Calls Out Beatles Movies Because Paul Mescal Is Shorter Than John Lennon Actor; He Texted Director Sam Mendes: ‘Don’t Do This!’

Oct 14, 2026 7:24am PT Paul McCartney Calls Out Beatles Movies Because Paul Mescal Is Shorter Than John Lennon Actor; He Texted Director Sam Mendes: ‘Don’t Do This!’

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Paul McCartney has a bone to pick with Sam Mendes, the director of the upcoming four Beatles movies starring Paul Mescal as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. What’s the issue? It all comes down to how tall Mescal is compared to his co-stars.

“We were all the same height!” McCartney declared on the “Good Hang” podcast, noting how movies based on the Beatles wrongly depict him as shorter than his bandmates. “We were all the same height, and Ringo was a bit smaller. And if you look at photos, we’re all the same height.”

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