āIf I Fellā: John canāt help it
TheĀ āIf I Fellā scene from A Hard Dayās Night came over some timeline today and it occurred to me that once again, Richard Lester must have pulled his remaining hairs out trying to get John to stop staring at Paul. Weāve seen it before in an earlier scene, but once againā¦ it takes many takes!Ā
āAlright, boys,Ā āIf I Fellā, Take 6! Paul, that was a nicely done exchange with George, very convincing. And good job, George and Ringoā¦ Nowā¦ John, this time please remember to sing the song to Ringo or to the camera,Ā and keep your eyes down and off Paul, do you hear!āĀ
John snaps off a salute. āYes sah, Mister Richard, sah!ā Heās trying to joke but the truth is John knows he has been a little out of control, so he really means to try. He puts on his most determined face.
āCameras are rolling. Action!ā
Lester is holding his breath. Yes. Yesā¦ maybe this is the take! And thenā¦
āOh no. Oh shit. There he goes again. JOHN!ā
ā¦
āAlright, letās try again. This time weāre just going to roll, one take. Letās see what we get yeah?ā
What he got was this. Yeah, looking right at PaulĀ
Because, no wonder! BecauseĀ Paul looks like this:
Lester directs Paul to stand BEHIND Ringo, so John canāt see him.Ā
And the rest of the shoot goes like this:
Looking right past Ringo over to Paul
Paul, ever the people-pleaser, tries to please the director and not look backā¦
And George totally nails them on itā¦
And makes eye contact with Ringo about it, as if to say, āThere they goā¦āĀ
Ringo really doesnāt want to do another damn takeā¦
But the boy canāt help itā¦
People gonna just have to dealā¦
Because the song is overā¦ but Johnās not over it.
Thatās the thing about Johnā¦ it was in his nature to wear his heart on his sleeve. Discretion was just not his strong suit.Ā
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