Director Sam Mendes shot scenes for his upcoming quartet of Beatles biopics in London yesterday, the Daily Mail reports:
Beatlemania was well and truly back on Sunday, more than 60 years after the pioneering pop group sparked pandemonium during their groundbreaking first trip to New York.
But it was London providing the backdrop as director Sam Mendes filmed exterior scenes for his forthcoming, four film Beatles anthology – to be released simultaneously in 2028.
With the English capital doubling as midtown Manhattan, onlookers were transported back to 1964 and the band's initial visit to the United States for what would be a career-defining first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Recreating their arrival at New York's Plaza Hotel, Mendes and his team turned a central London street into mid-60s Fifth Avenue, complete with hysterical fans, frantic photographers, police cordons and plenty of period flourishes – among them vintage cars, motorcycles and clothes.
The project's principal cast – Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr – were seen forcing their way through the placard wielding throng while filming the band's chaotic welcome.
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