@murphy_popcornAnna Sawai and her team originally aimed to option a book about Yoko Ono, but she found out Sam Mendes was producing a film about The Beatles. After several Zoom conversations, Sawai shares that Mendes required her to read the script before signing on because he knew.

@murphy_popcornAnna Sawai and her team originally aimed to option a book about Yoko Ono, but she found out Sam Mendes was producing a film about The Beatles. After several Zoom conversations, Sawai shares that Mendes required her to read the script before signing on because he knew.