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‘We would never do that’: Ringo Starr says he asked for changes in Beatles movie script

The drummer says he met with director Sam Mendes to clarify the depiction of himself and his then wife Maureen

Photograph: John Waterman/Getty ImagesStarr met Maureen Cox in 1962 when the Beatles were performing at the Cavern club in Liverpool and they were married in 1965; they divorced in 1975 and she subsequently married Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe. According to New York Times writer Lindsay Zoladz, Starr is now “much more satisfied with how he’s depicted in the script” and that he sends director Mendes “peace and love”. He added: “My job is to observe and take in kind of mannerisms and study, but I want to humanise him and bring feelings to him, not just sort of imitate him.”

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