With friends like Ridley Scott, who even needs a publicist? In an open moment between directing demigods Scott and Christopher Nolan at the Directors Guild of America, the Gladiator II director let it slide that his last leading man, Paul Mescal, would be “doing the Beatles next,” referring to the actor who is working on Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopic.
Ambitious Mendes a four-part biopic series looking to tell the story of the Beatles from each of the four perspectives of the legendary band members. Burn the salt star Barry Keoghan has been announced as the man who represents Ringo Starr with the Beatles drummer himself last month. A source related to the production of biopics confirmed by Different that Mescal is attached to the project, although we do not know which of the three members of the Beatles played him. Mescal has been rumored to be attached to the biopic series since June, when reports circulated playing Paul McCartney.
Scott may have let that truth bomb drop to quell any anger from fans who were hoping to see Mescal and Scott team up again for the director's upcoming film. The Dog Stars. The word of those two who could be working together again for that film went around last month. During his chat with Nolan, however, Scott said that shooting for the Beatles biopic could conflict with production. The Dog Stars. “I might have to let her go,” he admitted.
It would be a shame if the two don't get a reunion after their success Gladiator IIa film that we admitted was not one of the Ridley Scott's best efforts but it was better than nothing anyway Hannibal he was trying to be. However, playing one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time will require Mescal to go through hours of training to learn how to sing some of the best songs from the 1960s as Timothée Chalamet did in preparation for a Bob Dylan biopic. Complete unknownwe can go a few more years without another Scott/Mescal movie.
