![]() Or you could see it as a far more resonant and telling image, one that has nothing to do with gender: to anyone who has ever loved the Beatles - and you know who you are - Boyd’s face captures the essence of falling madly for a sound unlike anything you’ve heard before, and also reckoning with the thrilling and vaguely terrifying possibility that it just might change your life. Perched on a random crate in a baggage car, she watches the boys perform a faux-impromptu version of “I Should Have Known Better.” Watching the movie today, you could say that the rapture on her face is nothing more than passive femininity. ![]() Photograph by Bettmann/Corbiīut to other readers, the appeal of “Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me” is as self-evident as the seemingly simple but brash opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night.” Boyd was working as a model in London when she was summoned to a secret audition for an undisclosed project, which turned out to be Richard Lester’s film “A Hard Day’s Night.” With her silky blond bob and irresistible chipmunk smile, the 19-year-old Boyd was cast as a schoolgirl who finds herself on a train with the four young men we know as the Beatles. ![]() Pattie Boyd with George Harrison in 1966. ![]()
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