"I don't want to be lower than Lennon." McCartney made a rage to the director of the film

The Isles tabloids report: “Sir Paul’s main claim to Sam Mendes’ grand film project about The Beatles was unexpectedly concrete: he categorically does not want Paul Mescal to look inferior to John Lennon.” As it turned out, the issues of growth and unpretentiousness worry even giants like McCratney, let alone others

The storm raged after Mendes without any foreboding of the scandal sent McCartney a shot from the filming of the “canonical” scene at the pedestrian crossing of Abbey Road. In the picture Paul Mescal as Sir Paul was, as the chroniclers describe, "notably below" Harris Dickinson, playing Lennon. “For the real McCartney, that was enough to write with chilling dryness to the director, ‘Don’t do this!’” the insiders said.

McCrutney himself insists that such an image creates a "wrong impression." He said he, Lennon and George Harrison were "about the same height" and Ringo Starr was "just a little shorter." His claims, in addition to the letter to Mendes, McCartney shared on the podcast Good Hang. However, presenter Amy Poehler suggested that in the scene on Abbey Road Mescal may seem smaller "just because McCartney in the original photo was walking barefoot," but McCartney did not like the version at all. The mater countered that in the historical photo he did walk barefoot while the others wore shoes on a not very thick sole, and "even so," he was not "significantly lower.".

The director Mendes, who realized that the question for McCratney is principled, found in the meantime another “calming” explanation: the whole thing is “in the position of the actors during the step” – they say, an unfortunate angle. Later, he sent another shot, where the actors already looked about the same height. Whether Sir Paul calmed down after that is still unknown.

British tabloids meanwhile began to speculate that while four films “about the greatest band in pop history” made the problem seem “almost comical,” it’s not new to McCartney.

Sir Paul himself recalled in an interview that he was “annoyed” and the image of his young in the 2009 drama “Becoming John Lennon”: the character played by actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster looked “smaller and weaker” John Lennon played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. McCartney has long disliked the idea that inside the early Beatles, Lennon was the obvious leader and he was his junior slave partner.

Aside from "drama" with growth, "otherwise," McCrutney refers to Mr. Mendes' project as "significantly warmer," observers report.

In the new and “unprecedented” project, the story of The Beatles will be told in four interconnected films, where each series reflects the point of view of one member of the group. Paul McCartney will play Paul Mescal, John Lennon - Harris Dickinson, George Harrison - Joseph Quinn, Ringo Starr - Barry Keogan. The release is expected in April 2028, with the project being created with the support of the remaining members of The Beatles – Paul and Ringo – and gained access to the band’s music, which will be “generous” in all four films, trying to be tied to the role and place of each of the musicians.

As observers write, the supporting lineup is “impressive too”: Saoirse Ronan will play Linda McCartney, Anna Savai will play Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood will play Patti Boyd (Harrison’s ex-wife), and Mia McKenna-Bruce will play Maureen Starkey (Starr’s first wife). McCartney himself has already endorsed Mescal's choice and has even previously called his on-screen doppelganger "very cute," as MK has already reported, recounting their recent joint interview.

However, it is noted that “not all people in the circle of the Beatles expect movies with the same enthusiasm.” For example, Jane Asher, who met McCartney in the 1960s (a story MK also told about), said that “I’m not going to watch them.” Patti Boyd, in turn, was surprised that the creators of the picture with her “not contacted at all”, despite the fact that her character in the story is present, and she “could tell a lot of interesting things.”.

Directed by Mendez, Mendez is therefore faced with an “almost impossible task”: four films, four viewpoints, decades of mythology, and live participants who perfectly remember what it really looked like. At any rate, McCartney already knows one requirement: you can interpret the history of The Beatles any way you want, just do not make Paul inferior to John.