Julia Baird criticized the choice of actor for Sam Mendes’s biography and says he would rather he had never played guitar
Confirmation of the cast of the long -awaited films about Beatlesdirected by Sam Mendesdid not please everyone – especially Julia Bairdhalf sister of John Lennon. In a recent interview with The Telegraphshe commented with frankness her dissatisfaction with the choice of Harris Dickinson To live the brother on the big screen.
Dickinsonborn in London and known for works as Babygirlwas scaled to interpret Lennon in the biography that is part of an ambitious project: four individual films, each focused on one of the Beatlesscheduled to debut in April 2028. The other members will be lived by Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr),Joseph Quinn (George Harrison) and MESCAL PAUL (Paul McCartney).
To JuliaHowever, something essential was left out of the equation: the accent. “Of course it should be a scouser”He said, referring to the term used for those born in Liverpool.“ No one can capture Liverpool’s intonation as born there. Nobody.”
When asked if it was consulted by Mendes about the project, Baird It was categorical: “He would never seek me. I am the last person he would like to talk to – because if he did, he could not invent things.”
In addition to criticism, the musician’s half sister revealed a deeper feeling: the ambivalence between pride and the pain of being part of the story of a legend. “Be sister of John It is a privilege that I can’t even describe. But if I could choose, I would like he had never seen a guitar. ”
According to her, the song led him to fame – and, consequently, to tragic death in 1980, when he was murdered by an obsessed fan, Mark David Chapman. “Maybe he had become art teacher. And it would still be here.”
Despite the commotion between fans and the expectation for films, the reaction on social networks has begun, and many are divided between excitement and skepticism. Mendesin turn, it promises to turn the four feature films into a “maravable moment of cinema” – an unprecedented proposal to tell the story of one of the greatest bands of all time.
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Source: Rollingstone
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