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Mescal, Dickinson Recreate Beatles' Iconic Abbey Road Cover
Some actors are making four movies about The Beatles, a very famous band from long ago.
The actors are Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan.
They will play John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
To get people excited, they took a picture that looks just like the Beatles' famous album cover called Abbey Road.
In the original picture, the four band members walk across a zebra crossing in London.
A photographer named Iain Macmillan took that picture in 1969.
He only had 10 minutes to take it and captured six photographs.
The new picture of the actors is in a video that many people are watching online.
The four movies will tell the story of how the band became famous and then broke up.
Another actor, Farhan Akhtar, will play a musician named Ravi Shankar.
Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan recreated The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover.
The recreation is part of Sam Mendes' upcoming four-film biographical series on the band.
A 30-second behind-the-scenes video from 'The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event' is going viral.
The original cover was photographed by Iain Macmillan on 8 August 1969 outside Abbey Road Studios in London.
The four films will cover the band's rise, global fame, growing conflict, and breakup; Farhan Akhtar will play Ravi Shankar.
- Who
- Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Farhan Akhtar, directed by Sam Mendes
- What
- Recreated The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover for an upcoming four-film biographical series
- Where
- Outside Abbey Road Studios in London
- When
- The original cover was photographed on 8 August 1969; the recreation video is currently going viral
- Why
- To promote Sam Mendes' four-film cinematic event on The Beatles
Key facts
- Actors
- Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan
- Roles
- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
- Director
- Sam Mendes
- Original photo date
- 8 August 1969
- Original photographer
- Iain Macmillan
- Location
- Abbey Road Studios, London
- Number of films
- 4
- Viral video length
- 30 seconds






