# Paul McCartney’s ex-fiancée Jane Asher gives verdict on Beatles biopics: “I won’t watch”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/paul-mccartneys-ex-fiancee-jane-asher-gives-verdict-on-beatles-biopics-i-wont-watch/
- Published: 2026-09-28T10:14:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-28T16:55:44+00:00
- Original publisher: NME
- Original article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/paul-mccartney-ex-fiancee-jane-asher-verdict-beatles-biopics-i-wont-watch-3970944?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-mccartney-ex-fiancee-jane-asher-verdict-beatles-biopics-i-wont-watch
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Jane Asher says she will not watch the Beatles biopics.
- She declined to discuss her past relationship with McCartney.
- The four films are scheduled for April 2028.

## Summary

Jane Asher says she will not watch Sam Mendes’ forthcoming four-film Beatles series, explaining that she does not want to be asked to comment on her portrayal. The filmmakers contacted her, but she declined to discuss her former relationship with Paul McCartney, a subject she says she has avoided publicly for decades.

Asher, now 80, dated McCartney from 1963 to 1968 and became engaged to him in 1967 before they separated the following year. Lucy Boynton will play Asher, opposite Paul Mescal as McCartney; their relationship is associated with songs including ‘And I Love Her’ and ‘I’m Looking Through You’. Each film will tell the band’s story from a different Beatle’s perspective, with Apple Corps’ approval and access to the music rights, and all four are scheduled to open in cinemas simultaneously in April 2028.

## Coverage

- [NME: Paul McCartney’s ex-fiancée Jane Asher gives verdict on Beatles biopics: “I won’t watch”](https://www.nme.com/news/music/paul-mccartney-ex-fiancee-jane-asher-verdict-beatles-biopics-i-wont-watch-3970944?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-mccartney-ex-fiancee-jane-asher-verdict-beatles-biopics-i-wont-watch)
- [Far Out: Paul McCartney’s ex-fiancée Jane Asher explains why she “won’t watch” Beatles biopics](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paul-mccartneys-ex-fiancee-jane-asher-wont-watch-beatles-biopics/)

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