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There’s no need to airbrush the Beatles’ wives – just let them be Barbara Ellen

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July 06, 2025

It's said that when you die, your life flashes before your eyes. In the case of the famous, there's an existential dry run with biopics — though they may not always look like your life.

Ringo Starr says he asked for script changes for the Sam Mendes film project. Four films are planned - one for each Beatle — with Starr played by Barry Keoghan. Starr felt the initial script didn’t reflect him or Maureen (his first wife, who died of leukaemia in 1994): “"That's not how we were,' I'd say. ‘We would never do that.”

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