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Paul McCartney Has One Issue With Beatles Film Casting Paul Mescal

Sam Mendes' four-film Beatles project has cast Paul Mescal as the Hey Jude songwriter, and the real Paul has reportedly one quibble; the Pauls remain unavailable for comment.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFolks, Paul McCartney has an issue with the casting of the new Beatles films, and I want you to sit down, because it involves a name tag.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number one. Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes' four-film Beatles project. Two Pauls. One set. Think about that.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two. Every office in America has two Jennifers, and nobody calls the papers. Nobody writes a column.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey just put an initial on the coffee cup and they move on.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three. I worked with a second Hank once, at a holiday party in nineteen ninety-eight. Did anyone hold a press conference?

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDid a biopic get commissioned? Really?

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe man wrote Hey Jude, and a shared first name is what keeps him up at night.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is how you know the culture is running out of problems.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorComing up later, what was hiding in an OpenAI conference room, wrapped in toilet paper?

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the other Hank? He still hasn't said sorry about the cup.

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