Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal Discuss New Album in Amazon Short Film
Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal, who will portray the musician in an upcoming Beatles biopic, discuss McCartney's new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, in a new short film for Amazon.
Paul McCartney sat down with Paul Mescal, the actor slated to portray him in the upcoming Beatles films, to discuss his new album.
The two Pauls participated in an "In Conversation" segment for an exclusive short film posted by Amazon. The 10-minute chat, filmed in the same restaurant as the album trailer, sees the rocker and the actor discussing the nostalgic The Boys of Dungeon Lane.
“How do you feel about being interviewed?” Mescal asked McCartney.
“It depends if I like the person. Which is where we’re running into a problem already,” McCartney joked. “No, I find if I like who I’m being interviewed by, it comes easy.”
Mescal then inquired about McCartney's songwriting process on The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which features lyrics rooted in memories but framed "in the present tense."
“I haven’t got a formula,” McCartney explained. “They used to ask me and John [Lennon], ‘How’d you do it? Who writes the music, who writes the words?’ I don’t know. To me, I think any story or song you’re gonna do, it’s gotta involve memory. With the Beatles, we always tried to write something different.”
Mescal also questioned McCartney about tracks like “Lost Horizon” and “Salesman Saint,” the latter a song penned about McCartney’s parents.
“I often remember that my mom and dad had me in World War 2. I’ve always known that growing up, but at certain point you go ‘Wow’,” McCartney reflected. “It occurred to me that it’d be good to just put down some stuff about them carrying on through whatever they had to put up with.”
He then steered the conversation towards his "favorite" song on the album, the lead single “Days We Left Behind,” alluding to his time with Lennon.
“The collaboration you had with them all and the relationship you had with John, it’s such a full, brilliant, complicated thing, and where’s your heart with all of that now? Mescal asked.
“Looking back on your life, I ran into this guy called John Lennon, and he was fighting life — he had a lot trouble, his dad had left home, his mom had got run over, he had a lot of trouble in there — so he was putting up a shield, so he was very witty, very biting,” McCartney said. “When it came to writing, that kind of relationship stayed there, so on this record, I might even refer to him in my mind, as if we’re still writing together.”
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is slated for release on May 29. The Beatles films, featuring Mescal as McCartney, are expected to premiere in April 2028.
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