Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney has the the internet in a c...

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Real talk: The first look at Sam Mendes’ four-film Beatles project just dropped, and the the internet is loving Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney.

Home Life Digital Culture Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney has the the internet in a chokehold The first look at Sam Mendes four-film Beatles project just dropped, and the the internet has come to a rare consensus. By Crystal Bell Crystal Bell Digital Culture Editor Crystal Bell is the Culture Editor at Mashable. (let that sink in)

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Credit: Sony Pictures; Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via The first official look at Sam Mendes’ ambitious four-film Beatles project has landed, and the the internet appears to be in rare agreement when it comes to Paul Mescal stepping into the role of Paul McCartney. it feels like less “actor playing Paul” and more “the spirit of McCartney himself briefly possessed this man,” sparking the kind of collective approval that almost never happens online.

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View this post on Instagram The stills offer the public its first real glimpse at Mendes’ unprecedented “cinematic event,” set to hit theaters in April 2028, which will tell the story of The Beatles across four interconnected films, each centered on a different member of the band Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. Mashable Trend Report Decode what s viral, what s next, and what it all means. For Mashable s weekly Trend Report .

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