Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr in the forthcoming Beatles movies from filmmaker Sam Mendes, the drummer has confirmed.

E arlier this year, it was revealed that Skyfall and 1917 director Sam Mendes will helm four movies about The Beatles, all of which will be released over the course of one year. F

Barry Keoghan is set to portray Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes ’ Beatles movies, according to the Beatle himself. “I think it’s great,” said Starr to Entertainment Tonight when asked about his reaction to Keoghan’s rumored casting. “I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many.”