“It’s not a big deal for me to wear a fucking T-shirt on a beach, you know what I mean? When I ask Dickinson about all this, he takes a moment to consider his reply. “How does one do any of that without support?”TALL ORDERNext up for Dickinson is playing John Lennon in Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles epic. Those who know Dickinson well or have worked with him return to the same theme: “Humble and very grounded,” says Reijn. “I think when [Sam] came to me and we spoke about the film, I never expected John Lennon to be the person that he said,” Dickinson says.