Sam Mendes might have found his drummer. Ringo Starr revealed Barry Keoghan will play him Mendes' films about The Beatles.

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.”

Did Ringo Starr just confirm Barry Keoghan will play him in the upcoming Beatles biopics? It certainly seems that way, after the famed British drummer responded to a question about Keoghan's reported casting in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.

Starr clarified why he doesn't want Keoghan — or any aspiring drummer, for that matter — to take "too many" lessons. "You gotta let them get their own feel," he explained, not

Ringo Starr is ready to see Barry Keoghan play the drums… as Ringo Starr. The Beatle recently sat down for an interview with Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier, who asked Starr what he thinks of speculation that “Saltburn” star Keoghan has been cast to portray him in director Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics.

Barry Keoghan is already an Oscar nominee, thanks to his work in 2022's The Banshees of Inisherin, but could he return to the Academy Awards stage for his turn in an upcoming Beatles biopic? Well, he appears to have the part,

Ringo Starr revealed that Barry Keoghan has been tapped to play him in the Beatles biopic. “I think it’s great,” Starr said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight Wednesday. “I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons,