“They look nothing like The Beatles”: Fans poke fun as The Beatles biopic cast has been announced

The Beatles are finally here! Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, and Harris Dickinson all showed up at CinemaCon 2025 to formally announce that they will star as John Lennon (Dickinson), Paul McCartney (Mescal), George Harrison (Quinn), and Ringo Starr (Keoghan) in an epic 4-film The Beatles biopic directed by Sam Mendes! (via X/@PopBase)

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Fans' hilarious reactions to the cast of The Beatles' biopic

Because Sam Mendes announced his Fab 4 at CinemaCon 2025, fans poked fun at the actors who'll portray the most famous band, commenting that they don't look alike with the personalities that they will portray!

"I’m crying they look nothing like The Beatles!" - a fan said (via X/@doofinc_)

Fans also trolled the cast, saying that they should have been given to unknown actors so it would be the unknown actors' big break, instead of just choosing big names in Hollywood.

"Giving unknown actors a chance has truly become a lost art." - another fan replied (via X/@ashleim1chelle)

Other fans already gave Dickinson, Mescal, Quinn, and Keoghan's hair the Fab 4 cut, making other fans chuckle! (via X/@heyyej_)

Some fans also clowned Hollywood, hilariously asking if Hollywood only knows 10 actors because WTH is that casting? (via X/@sethspov)

Fans also roasted the casting decision, joking that all 4 films will flop because the cast doesn't look like John, Paul, George, and Ringo! Hey, we have prosthetics and makeup, so maybe it'll work?

"They don’t even look like the beatles at all oh this is going to flop" - another fan added (via X/@positionsmafiaa)

X users also hilariously said that the director chose the easier way of casting The Fab 4—by casting the 4 biggest British actors of Hollywood!

"These are like the most famous 4 British dudes in everything right now" - an X user pointed out (via X/@MagnumLoganXL)

Other X users also joked that the cast for The Beatles' biopic looks like they are from Euphoria, minus Rue Bennett. (via X/@AvaTlovenotes)

And finally, X users also commented that the director and their casting team should have looked for actors who have the same vibe and looks as the Fab 4 so that it'll be more realistic instead of just casting big names.

"I feel like they could have found better lookalikes" - another X user remarked (via X/@Serenaelis_)

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All about The Fab 4's epic biopics

If you're thinking that there's only one film about The Beatles and its members, think again! According to their director, Sam Mendes, it'll be a 4-piece epic biopic, each is shown with a different member's POV—so it'll be one film for Lennon, one for McCartney, one for Harrison, and one for Starr!

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Even if the cast for the Fab 4's biopics doesn't seem to look like the Fab 4, we're still curious as to how it will turn out so best believe that we'll watch the 4 films and dig deeper into what really happened during the 60s era and how it changed the 4 young lads from Liverpool's lives forever!