{"id":10490,"date":"2026-04-24T10:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/its-a-movie-not-a-documentary-ringo-starr-on-sam-mendes-upcoming-beatles-films-154388\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:44:27","slug":"its-a-movie-not-a-documentary-ringo-starr-on-sam-mendes-upcoming-beatles-films-154388","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/its-a-movie-not-a-documentary-ringo-starr-on-sam-mendes-upcoming-beatles-films-154388\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a movie, not a documentary\u201d: Ringo Starr on Sam Mendes\u2019 upcoming Beatles films"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaking in the new issue of Uncut – in shops now and available to buy online from us here<\/a> – Ringo Starr reflects on Sam Mendes\u2019 forthcoming quartet of Beatles films, from advising on scripts to meeting Barry Keoghan, his on\u2011screen alter ego. Starr says the biopics will balance invention with authenticity: \u201cThere\u2019s gonna be some reality to it\u201d in the finished films…<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking in the new issue of Uncut \u2013 in shops now and available to buy online from us here<\/a> \u2013 Ringo Starr reflects on Sam Mendes\u2019 forthcoming quartet of Beatles films, from advising on scripts to meeting Barry Keoghan, his on\u2011screen alter ego. Starr says the biopics will balance invention with authenticity: \u201cThere\u2019s gonna be some reality to it\u201d in the finished films\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBarry came to live with me for a year, so he\u2019d really get my mannerisms\u2026 No, I\u2019m just shitting on you!\u201d laughs Starr. \u201cHe came over one afternoon for two hours and we said hello. Then I was in London last year and we went to the set. We got lucky, because the other John and the other Paul were having an argument. What? How great!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good thing about it is, there\u2019s gonna be some reality to it. Though we all love the Dick Lester movies, we\u2019re just \u2018the boys\u2019, you know. But I spoke to Sam for days. The first time he sent the script, we were in London and we sat for two days. There was a lot of stuff I personally didn\u2019t want in the film. \u2018OK, we\u2019ll take that out\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all in each other\u2019s stories. I thought, \u2018I don\u2019t know how he\u2019s going to do it, just let him get on with it.\u2019 We trust him. I\u2019ll be as surprised as any of you, because it\u2019s a movie, not a documentary. The first couple of weeks, I was stuck in documentary mode. \u2018Well, that didn\u2019t happen then and he wasn\u2019t there\u2026\u2019 In the end, actually speaking to Paul, we\u2019re both like, \u2018What\u2019s that? OK, it\u2019s a movie. It\u2019s not a documentary. Let\u2019s relax behind it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in our interview, Starr traces a lifelong love affair with country music, from post\u2011war Liverpool matinees and teenage heroes to Nashville sessions that helped steady him after The Beatles\u2019 break\u2011up. Reflecting on Long Long Road<\/em> and his late\u2011career partnership with T Bone Burnett, he explains: \u201cFor the last year or so, I\u2019ve been thinking about where I came from \u2014 and where I ended up\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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