Sam Mendes’ new series of Beatles films has come in for criticism after none of the actors cast as the Beatles were ever even in the Beatles. “I don’t see it,” explained Dave Beatles, a lifelong Beatles fan who was left underwhelmed by the casting decision. “I mean, Paul Mescal is a decent enough actor, but he wasn’t ever in the Beatles.

How am I meant to take it seriously? I mean, I’ll just be looking at it going ‘everyone here is just pretending to have been in the Beatles.’ It won’t feel properly authentic. “That’s the problem, it just won’t feel like an authentic film.

People pretending to be in the Beatles, sets done up to make it look like they were places the Beatles went. It wasn’t even made in the 1960s. It’ll just be made now, but everyone will pretend to be in the 1960s.” Dave has made a controversial suggestion that is gaining traction online.

“If they want this to be a convincing, authentic film about the Beatles, I think they should cancel what they’re doing and then spend the next year or so working on being able to travel back in time. Get Wētā to do it because the special effects in Avatar were crazy. “So, yeah, travel back to the 1960s.

Cast the Beatles in the main roles and then make the films back then. It’s the only way to make it truly authentic.” Sam Mendes has yet to comment on the suggestion leaving fans believing that he’s really giving the online discourse around the authenticity of the actors in his new films the attention that it warrants.