Casting confirmed for the other Beatles biopic, ‘Hamburg Days’
The BBC have unveiled the cast for their upcoming television biopic series on The Beatles, titled Hamburg Days.
Not to be confused with Sam Mendes’ upcoming set of four films on the band, starring Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Harris Dickinson, and Barry Keoghan, Hamburg Days is a separate project entirely.
Rather than chronicling the entire career of the Fab Four, like Mendes intends to do with his upcoming movies, it will instead focus on when The Beatles cut their teeth in the clubs of Hamburg during five residencies between 1960 and 1962.
Famously, they performed multiple shows each day, which honed their ability as a live act and laid the foundations for everything that came thereafter.
The series is based on German artist Klaus Voormann’s autobiography, who will also work as a consultant on Hamburg Days.
Now, the BBC have confirmed Rhys Mannion asJohn Lennon, Ellis Murphy as Paul McCartney, Harvey Brett as George Harrison, Louis Landau as Stu Sutcliffe, and Patrick Gilmore as Pete Best.
Meanwhile, Luna Jordan has been revealed as Astrid Kirchherr, Casper von Bülow as Klaus Voormann, and Laura Tonke as Nielsa Kirchherr.
When Hamburg Days was first announced last December, Sue Deeks, head of scripted pre-buy acquisitions at the BBC, said in a statement, “Hamburg Days is the fascinating story of how, in the space of two short years, a raw young band from Liverpool honed their music skills in Hamburg, before returning home to become an overnight worldwide success.”
Deeks added, It is an incredible story, accompanied (of course) by an amazing soundtrack!”
As it stands, no release date has been confirmed for Hamburg Days, which is set to be a six-part series made in conjunction with AGC Television and German broadcaster ZDF alongside the BBC.
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