Here’s Why Barry Keoghan Had To Take Out Insurance For His Hands In Preparation To Play Ringo Starr In The Upcoming Beatles Movies

Movie-making is simply a superior concern — conscionable inquire Barry Keoghan astir his hands.

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In the improbable lawsuit that you missed it, Barry was among the quartet of young actors precocious formed successful the upcoming movies astir the Beatles, which are acceptable to deed theaters successful 2028. Paul Mescal volition play Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson volition play John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn volition play George Harrison, leaving Barry arsenic Ringo Starr.

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If you cognize overmuch astir the Beatles, you’ll cognize that Ringo was the band’s drummer. And now, appearing connected Jimmy Kimmel Live, Barry gave an breathtaking update connected his mentation for the role, revealing that helium and Ringo precocious hung out.

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“I met him astatine his house, and helium played the drums for me. He asked maine to play, but I wasn’t playing the drums for Ringo,” helium joked, recalling that helium was “in awe” of the legendary musician. “When I was talking to him, I couldn’t look astatine him. I was nervous, similar close now. But he’s like, ‘You tin look astatine me’... My occupation is to observe and kinda instrumentality successful mannerisms and survey him. I privation to humanize him and bring feelings to it and not conscionable benignant of imitate.”

As it stands, we don’t cognize a immense magnitude astir the Beatles movies, different than they’ll travel successful the signifier of 4 biopics, released astatine akin times, each 1 pursuing an interconnected communicative from a antithetic bandmate’s perspective. Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman described the movies as “the archetypal binge-able theatrical experience” — so, marque of that what you will.

Barry, Paul, Harris, and Joseph are expected to beryllium successful each 4 movies, meaning the accumulation volition instrumentality up a batch of clip for the stars implicit the adjacent 3 years. And so, with specified a important undertaking up of them, Barry revealed that helium has taken steps to insure his hands, which, on with the remainder of him, volition presumably beryllium heavy featured successful the films with each the drumming that Ringo is bound to beryllium doing.

“They’re insured now,” Barry said, raising his hands. “I don’t container anymore, due to the fact that [of] drumming,” helium added, revealing that he’s had to enactment a intermission connected his different passions truthful arsenic not to hazard injuring himself.

In disbelief, Jimmy asked, “They really made you get your hands insured?!” Prompting Barry to clarify that they've been insured for each the drumming, saying: “I’m insured, yeah, I can’t bash owt with my hands.”

Barry didn’t get into details or, astir importantly, disclose however overmuch his hands are insured for. But, with a lottttt riding connected these Beatles movies, I’d person to ideate it’s a ample sum. Suffice to say, if you conscionable Barry connected the thoroughfare anytime soon, strictly nary highfives.

You tin ticker his afloat quality connected Jimmy Kimmel Live here.