Set images off The Beatles filming continues to roll in, and viewers remain divided in their opinions.
Paul Mescal and Harris Dickinson, the actors playing Paul McCartney and John Lennon in the upcoming biopics, are the latest to fall victim to the online discourse surrounding the production.
Dressed in what looked like the iconic boyband’s 70s wardrobe, the two British actors were seen filming a scene on the roof.
Naturally, the internet had thoughts – hardly able to resist the temptation to discourse, social media users came up with the wildest descriptions of the newly released images.
Social media vs. film set
Despite the understandable noise surrounding the visibility of the set images, it is worth emphasizing that the visibility itself is the core issue, rather than the reactions to it.
The social media age has pretty much killed the momentum of filming as they navigate through location filming where so much of the movie magic is shown to the prying eyes of the audience before it even makes it into the film.
Marty Supreme, The Devil Wears Prada 2and now The Beatles movies are just a few of the examples where numerous looks from movies have not only been spoiled, but hit with unbearable levels of discussion about material that no one can possibly have a clue about.
In fact, the many looks from the set of the Beatles biopics are unlikely to slow down, as an entire page titled “Beatles Biopics Updates” is currently operating among us.
The Beatles-sized legacy
On the other hand, perhaps a thought or two can be spared for the wide fan base of the Beatles – a band whose members have been captured on celluloid forever and in great detail.
Since all the bandmates – Paul, John, George and Ringo – are the traditional equivalents of the biggest social media stars (albeit with real talent and jobs), their legions of followers of all ages have a lot to relate to.
However, the microscopic dissection of the style, hair and makeup will never translate into sensible conversation until the crude images are cut together to look like a movie – rather, the discourse oversaturates to a level of farcical irony.
And that only happens in April 2028, when the four The Beatles biopics about each member of the group will be simultaneously released in cinemas.
