Saoirse Ronan will play Linda McCartney in Sam Mendes’ four-part collection of Beatles biopics, Variety experiences. She joins the beforehand introduced core cast of Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.
Linda and Paul McCartney married in 1969. She’s collectively credited on 1971’s Ram, and carried out as a keyboardist and backup singer in his post-Beatles band Wings. Linda McCartney’s first and solely solo album, Wide Prairie, was launched after hear loss of life from breast most cancers in 1998.
Ronan lately led the 2023 sci-fi movie Foe alongside Mescal. She additionally starred in a Mike Mills-directed music video for Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” to have a good time the band’s fiftieth anniversary earlier this yr.
Set for launch in April 2028, Mendes’ tetralogy will mark the primary scripted movies to be granted the Beatles’ music and life rights. It’s unclear whether or not Ronan’s Linda McCartney will seem in all 4 movies or solely the one centered on Mescal’s Macca.
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