Star visited Ringo to ‘study’ him ahead of biopics

IRISH film star Barry Keoghan has said he met Sir Ringo Starr to study him ahead of the new Beatles films.

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Saltburn actor Keoghan, 32, has been cast to play the drummer in a collection of new biopics directed by British filmmaker Sir Sam Mendes.

Also starring in the films are Gladiator II actor Paul Mescal as Sir Paul McCartney, Babygirl star Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Keoghan, pictured, told US chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live!: “I met Ringo the other day, in his house. I didn’t just meet him at his house, had to go up, and he let me in.