Beatles star Paul McCartney was furious about strange John Lennon actor detail

Sir Paul McCartney had a quibble with the casting of a Beatles movie (Image: Getty)Sir Paul McCartney, the legendary pop icon has racked up a staggering 300 million record sales from his Beatles days and another 67 million solo, might appear to have nothing left to prove. Yet, it turns out he's rather particular about how he's presented ons screen.Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played Sir Paul in Sam Taylor-Johnson's John Lennon biopic 'Nowhere Boy', revealed to The NME that McCartney had an issue with the casting. He was told about the complaint by the film's director. The actor said: "The one comment I did get was that he didn't like the fact that Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who played John, was taller than me, because he said that wasn't the case!"Nowhere Boy, inspired by a book from John Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird, charts the formative years of the Beatles through Lennon's eyes.Paul and John were more-or-less the same height (Image: Avalon, Getty Images) Don't miss... Beatles fans are...