Pattie Boyd, the former wife of George Harrison, has criticised the makers of the upcoming Beatles biopic for failing to consult her about her character. The 82-year-old Sixties model said she was not contacted by director Sam Mendes or his team regarding Aimee Lou Wood's portrayal of her in the four-film project.
In a new interview, Boyd expressed her frustration: 'I heard that this girl, this actress, is going to be playing me. I might be completely wrong, but I would have thought it would be polite to mention it to me, or let me know if they've got someone who's going to be playing me. Wouldn't you think they'd let me know? But I haven't been contacted by anyone.'
Boyd, who inspired Beatles songs such as 'Something', claimed she could have shared revealing stories from the band's inner circle but believes the filmmakers are not interested in the truth. 'I could have really told them great stories, but I don't think they want to know. I think they want to create something that's completely different, like a different story. The filmmaker's creation of what they think had happened. Nothing to do with the truth,' she said.
The model also reflected on her marriage to George Harrison, noting that the Beatles' wives could not trust other women. 'Any woman that would come into our environment didn't really want to meet us or talk to us. They wanted to chat to The Beatles,' she recalled. She added that Harrison sometimes became jealous, for instance when she appeared on a newspaper cover instead of him.
Boyd, who later married Eric Clapton, recently attended one of his concerts and said she felt she had 'fallen in love again'. The Beatles biopic, titled 'The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event', is directed by Sam Mendes and stars Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson. Production began earlier this year with a planned release in April 2028.
