Major update in Beatles biopics as White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood is set to play model at centre of love triangle
RISING star Aimee Lou Wood is being lined up to play George Harrison’s first wife in the upcoming Beatles biopics.
The White Lotus actress, 31, will take on the role of model Pattie Boyd, who was wed to the Fab Four guitarist for 11 years.
She is set to be cast alongside fellow Brit Joseph Quinn, 31, who plays George in the four-film production.
It tells the story of the world’s biggest pop group from each member’s perspective.
George and Pattie wed in 1966. She inspired The Beatles’ hit Something — and later became embroiled in a love triangle with guitar great Eric Clapton, who wrote his hit Layla about her.
A source said: “Aimee is a fantastic actress.
“The similarities between her and Pattie in terms of their looks is uncanny, but Aimee is a brilliant storyteller and is regarded as one of the country’s best acting talents.”
After Pattie’s 1979 marriage to Clapton, George went on to say he had given them his blessing and even joked he was Eric’s “husband-in-law”.
They divorced in 1989 due to Eric’s alcoholism and affairs. George died in 2001 aged 58.
Stockport-born Aimee found fame in Netflix show Sex Education, which won her a Bafta for Best Female Comedy Performance.
She most recently played Chelsea in the third series of TV hit The White Lotus.