Starr himself confirmed the casting during a recent interview. Barry Keoghan to Play Ringo Starr in Beatles Movies from Sam Mendes Eddie Fu

Barry Keoghan has "work to do" if he's going to pull off a convincing Ringo Starr. According to the Beatles alum himself, Keoghan has been cast as Starr in the four-part film series directed by Sam Mendes.

Ringo Starr seems to have confirmed that Barry Keoghan will play him in the Starr-centric film in Sam Mendes' four-part Beatles biopic. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight this week, the Beatles drummer weighed in when asked about the rumored casting,

I think he’s great, and I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons,” Starr told Entertainment Tonight. “And I hope not too many,” he continued to the seemingly shocked interviewer. Keoghan has long been rumored to have been Mendes’ choice for Starr,

Potential Beatles biopics star and Ringo Starr actor Barry Keoghan is an Oscar-nominated actor best known for his role in Saltburn. He first gained notoriety for starring in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk in 2017. Earlier that same year, he also starred in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr in the forthcoming Beatles movies from filmmaker Sam Mendes, the drummer has confirmed.

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Barry Keoghan will reportedly portray Ringo Starr and front one of four Beatles films from Mendes, with each showing another perspective.