Overview
- Sawai confirmed she is playing Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes’ interconnected Beatles biopics, now in production.
- She told People that Ono was an independent artist who became an easy target, calling the role personally meaningful.
- The series comprises four films told from each Beatle’s perspective with a simultaneous theatrical release set for April 2028.
- Apple Corps and The Beatles’ members and families have granted full life-story and music rights for the project.
- Sawai said the lead actors are performing convincing Beatles covers on set and can play and sing without sheet music.