theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/dont-do-this-why-paul-mccartney-cares-about-looking-shorter-than-john-lennon-in-sam-mendes-beatles-films ‘Don’t do this!’ Why Paul McCartney cares about looking shorter than John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films
Paul McCartney texted Sam Mendes to complain that a promo shot made Harris Dickinson's John Lennon look taller than Paul Mescal's McCartney. Mendes blamed camera angles, but the panic fits decades of McCartney quietly rewriting his own legend.
— via The Guardian: Culture, Stuart Heritage
