Peter Frampton, in an interview conducted by The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, shared how being a huge fan of The Beatles got him into trouble.
The jukebox musical named Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in 1978, and before its release, it was actually subject to a lot of bad reviews and a prejudice that it was indeed terrible. Despite these being known, Peter received an offer to be in the movie, and it was even said that Paul McCartney would be participating in the filming.
The real trouble starts right here. Thinking ‘If Paul is involved, it must be good,’ Peter jumps on the first plane to be in the movie and ‘meet’ Paul. However, there was neither an offer made to him nor Paul himself…
He said:
“I fly out to Los Angeles, I go to the first meeting out there, no Paul McCartney. So I was lied to. Then I realized from the first day of shooting, oh this was a disaster. I didn’t walk because I would have been sued to high hell. But we all hated being in that movie.”
A Look Back
Peter also touched on the starting point of the events. Stating that he was deceived by producer Robert Stigwood, Peter added:
“I was told by (producer) Robert Stigwood that Paul McCartney was going to be the savior of the Heartland. When Stigwood said, ‘Paul is going to be in the movie,’ I said, ‘Really! Well, if a Beatle’s going to be in the movie, he’s sanctioned it, then it can’t be bad.”
Click here for the full interview.
