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Beatles Biopic Stars Recreate One of the Band’s Most Iconic Moments

The four actors lined up in costume to recreate the famous crosswalk image as more than 20 crew members worked around the set, photos showed.

  • On Sunday, actors Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, and Joseph Quinn recreated the iconic Abbey Road album cover in London while filming director Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopics.
  • Mendes is directing four separate biopics focusing on each member of the Fab Four, scheduled for April 2028 release, marking the first time the band's families authorized their story for film.
  • The production deployed more than 20 crew members on site, with actors wearing period-accurate costumes; Mescal notably appeared barefoot to match the original 1969 photograph by Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan.
  • Filming disrupted local traffic, with resident Vanessa Feltz reporting she struggled to access her road after seeing John Lennon's iconic Rolls-Royce and noting it became "a bit of a thing" for neighbors.
  • Actor Adam Pally, portraying former manager Allen Klein, revealed the four films are "totally different," reflecting each Beatle's unique tone, while Harry Lloyd plays George Martin, dubbed the "fifth Beatle.
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Perhaps the biggest hits of 2028 will clearly be the films about the legendary Liverpool band, The Beatles.

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The filming of Sam Mendes' ambitious biographical project on The Beatles left one of the most anticipated images by fans last weekend, when his four protagonists recreated the legendary cover of the album Abbey Road in front of the London studios where the album was recorded. The photographs and videos, captured by band followers and quickly viralized on social networks, show the actors crossing the famous Indian zebra pass in line and wearing t…

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Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan, chosen to act as Liverpool musicians in a series of biopics in 2028, were seen on the pedestrian crossing made mythical by the cover of Abbey Road.

·Paris, France
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