Liam Gallagher’s Apple Records biopic excludes the Beatles

By Ray Padgett on May 18th, 2010 in News

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Leave it to Liam Gallagher to make a film about The Beatles that leaves out The Beatles. The cocky ex-Oasis frontman revealed at Cannes that he does not plan to include any Beatles music on the soundtrack to his upcoming Apple Records biopic, despite the fact that they founded, ran, and recorded for the legendary label.

In a typically cantankerous interview with the Guardian, Gallagher said, “My new band‘s going to do the soundtrack. We can recreate that sound like that, you know what I mean? I think it will be more exciting if you have a sound that reminds you of that era, instead of the obvious, going, ‘Oh, there’s ‘Let It Be.’”

As if recreating the sound wasn’t a dicey enough proposition, the Fab Four won’t even appear in the film. “The Beatles aren’t going to be in this film,” he said. “There’s going to be no one auditioning for John, Paul, George, Ringo. It’s about the characters behind-the-scenes.”

Well at least we can see Gallagher’s foray into acting, right? Wrong. He told NME he won’t appear in the movie either. His explanation: “I’m too good-looking.”

So, to sum up: Liam Gallagher is making a movie about the Beatles’ record label. This movie will not include the Beatles, the Beatles’ music, or Gallagher himself. Sounds like a real winner.

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