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Paul McCartney Warns Filmmakers Against Beatles Myth

The musician urges directors to avoid a persistent falsehood about the band's history in upcoming biopics.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 13 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 13 Oct 2026. Billboard published first, on 13 October at 15:59 UTC; NME followed 18h 38m later. The most recent article, from NME, appeared on 14 October at 10:36 UTC.

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  1. Paul McCartney on the bugbear from upcoming Beatles biopics that made him text Sam Mendes “don’t do this!” NME
  2. Paul McCartney Clears Up an Annoying Tall Tale Filmmakers Keep Getting Wrong About the Beatles: ‘Don’t Do This!’ Billboard

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  • Paul McCartney
  • Sam Mendes
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