Saoirse Ronan will play Linda McCartney, the wife of Sir Paul, in the upcoming four-part Beatles biopic by director Sam Mendes.
The four-time Oscar-nominated actor will star alongside Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney. Linda and Paul married in 1969. She worked alongside him as keyboardist and harmony vocalist in his post-Beatles band, Wings. Linda died from cancer in 1998 at the age of 56.
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Sony, the studio behind the bold cinematic bet, declined to comment on Ronan’s casting.
As for the rest of the Fab Four, Harrison Dickinson
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