RISING star Aimee Lou Wood is being lined up to play George Harrison’s first wife in the upcoming Beatles biopics.
actress, 31, will take on the role of model , who was wed to the Fab Four guitarist for 11 years.
She is set to be cast alongside fellow Brit , 31, who plays 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 ’ 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 show , which won her a for Best Female Performance.
She most recently played Chelsea in the third series of TV hit .
