George Harrison’s ex Pattie Boyd throws shade at Beatles biopic team
Pattie Boyd has revealed that nobody behind the making of the upcoming The Beatles biopic series contacted her, despite the films featuring a character based on her life.
The four-part project from director Sam Mendes is set for release in 2028 and will tell the story of the Beatles from the perspective of each band member, starring Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.
Actors including Aimee Lou Wood, Saoirse Ronan and Anna Sawai have also joined the films, portraying Boyd, Linda McCartney and Yoko Ono.
Boyd, who married George Harrison in 1966 after meeting him during filming for A Hard Day’s Night, said she was surprised no one from the production reached out to her personally.
Boyd, broke her silence during a podcast Miss O’Dell Abbey Road To Tulsa Time, where she said she thought it would have been polite for filmmakers to at least inform her that someone had been cast to play her.
“I might be completely wrong, but I would have thought it would be polite to mention it to me or let me know that they got someone who’s going to be playing me,” she lamented.” Well, I haven’t been contacted by anyone.”
She added that she could have shared many personal stories from that period of music history. “I could have really told them great stories.”
She continued, “But I don’t think they want to know,” adding that the filmmakers’ may not be interested in hearing directly from people who experienced those events firsthand. “I think they want to create something that’s completely different, like a different story”.
She said the project appears to focus more on the filmmakers’ interpretation of events rather than complete historical accuracy.
Although she joked about not wanting to become “grumpy,” Boyd also made a sarcastic remark about Mendes, saying she had heard he was apparently “famous.”
Meanwhile, Giles Martin, son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin, recently praised the scripts and actors involved in the films.
“I’m working with the actors and they’re doing a really good job, that’s all I can say,” he told us.
“The scripts are really good and brave, as opposed to being anodyne. I’m on day two of shooting right now. They’re all really good actors so I wouldn’t advise them, but I give them nuances and share things I’ve heard,” she added.
Fans previously got an early glimpse of the cast in costume earlier this year, which left many praising Mescal’s resemblance to McCartney.
