The New York Times today has a long feature story on Ringo on the occasion of his 85th birthday, coming up July 7.
Here's a snippet mentioning the upcoming quartet of Beatles biodocs:
THESE DAYS, Starr’s life is less hectic. Though he and Bach used to own “several houses in several countries,” they now spend most of their time in the Los Angeles home they’ve owned since 1992.
Professionally, too, Starr has streamlined. Acting — and co-starring with such varied company as Peter Sellers, Marlon Brando and Thomas the Tank Engine — used to be one of his main gigs, but aside from the occasional voice-acting role, Starr said he’s not particularly interested in that anymore. Does he miss it? “I don’t barely, no. I’m just playing now, live and in the studio making records.”
He will, however, soon be back on the big screen, in a manner of speaking. In April, Starr flew to London to meet with Sam Mendes, the filmmaker who has taken on the ambitious task of directing four upcoming Beatles biopics. (Last November, Starr accidentally leaked the news that he will be played by the Irish actor Barry Keoghan, of “Saltburn.” They recently met for the first time.)
Starr and Mendes sat together for two days and went over the script of the Ringo film, line by line, while Starr offered extensive notes to make his depiction truer to his own experiences, particularly in scenes with his family and his first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett. “He had a writer — very good writer, great reputation, and he wrote it great, but it had nothing to do with Maureen and I,” Starr said. “That’s not how we were. I’d say, ‘We would never do that.’”
He’s now much more satisfied with how he’s depicted in the script, even if he’s still not sure how Mendes is going to shoot four films at once. “But he’ll do what he’s doing,” Starr concluded, “and I’ll send him peace and love.”
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