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 .

According to a February press release from Sony, The Beatles − which consisted of Starr, Paul McCartney , John Lennon and George Harrison − will get the biopic treatment not once, but four times − with a movie told from each member's perspective. Sam Mendes will direct all four films.

I think he’s great, and I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons,” Starr told Entertainment Tonight. “And I hope not too many,” he continued to the seemingly shocked interviewer. Keoghan has long been rumored to have been Mendes’ choice for Starr,

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

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

Keoghan’s been busy acting on the music scene. He appeared in Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” music video, and Dublin-based band Fontaines D.C. used footage from Andrea Arnold’s “Bird” featuring Keoghan’s character for music video “Bug.”

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

Ringo Starr has commented on reports that Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) will play him in an upcoming biopic about The Beatles. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer discussed the speculation in a recent interview with “Entertainment Tonight’s” Kevin Frazier.

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,