Paul Mescal ordered to make big change to his body ahead of playing Paul McCartney in Beatles biopic

GLADIATOR II beefcake Paul Mescal has been ordered to go on a Normal People diet as he prepares to play Sir Paul McCartney in the new Beatles biopics.

The 29-year-old actor was told to lose muscle and put on some fat for his role as the legendary singer and bass player — leaving fans distraught.

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal has been ordered to go on a Normal People diet as he prepares to play Sir Paul McCartney in the new Beatles biopicsWith the lack of gyms around in the 60s, the actor has been told to lose his Gladiator physique for a more realistic representation of Macca, above

But he can drink and smoke — because famously enjoyed .

Last night an insider said: “Obviously there weren’t really gyms around in the Sixties.

“The Beatles weren’t dead-lifting between gigs.

“Macca was always pretty lean and flexible — he has always been really into yoga — but this is a very different aesthetic to that of a burly gladiator, and Paul has been keeping his body pretty ripped, even after filming stopped.

“ is also famously a vegetarian, whereas Paul mainly lives on a high protein steak, chicken and eggs diet.

“There also weren’t whey protein shakes back in the Beatles’ day.”;

Mescal found fame in 2020 playing Connell Waldron in the BBC TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel .

He hired an ex-Royal Navy personal trainer — putting on 22lbs in muscle by training six days a week — to play Lucius Verus Aurelius, the exiled Prince of , in last year’s movie Gladiator II.

Earlier this week, .

will play , Harris Dickinson will be and Joseph Quinn is .

There will be four films — from each star’s perspective — with all to be released in April 2028.

Last night, fans express their dismay at Mescal having to lose his muscles.

One said: “We just got super-jacked Paul and now they’re turning him back into Normal People Paul? This is a .”;