Beatles Biopic Cast Recreates Iconic Abbey Road Cover at Studio

The cast of director Sam Mendes' highly anticipated Beatles biopic series was filmed on Sunday recreating the iconic Abbey Road album cover at the legendary London crossing. Actors Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, and Joseph Quinn, dressed as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison respectively, walked across the famous zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios. The scene was shot for "The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event," a series of four interconnected films that will each tell the band's story from an individual member's perspective.

Production at the renowned St John's Wood location, where the Beatles recorded most of their music, utilized vintage vehicles and numerous crew members to faithfully recreate the moment captured on the cover of the band's 1969 album. Dickinson, as Lennon, led the procession in a cream suit and beard, followed by Keoghan as Starr in a black suit, Mescal as McCartney in a dark suit walking barefoot, and Quinn as Harrison in denim. The original photograph was taken by Iain Macmillan, with an idea sketched by McCartney, who had just ten minutes to capture the image.

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