Gary Bakewell as Paul McCartney in Backbeat

Lets face it, Backbeat wasn't the greatest film, none of the actors didn't really resemble the beatles at all. But at least Gary Bakewell looked like Paul McCartney, and he provides the comic relief as well.

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• beatles
• paul
• mccartney
• john
• lennon
• ringo
• starr
• george
• harrison
• gary
• bakewell
• backbeat
• pop
• rock

[blance22]

pointless

[williby27]

indeed!

[maccaobsessed]

I have a HUGE crush on Gary!

He looks just like Paul and actually played him in another movie.....The Linda McCartney Story which is also on Youtube

[JGTMTE]

I agree that it was pointless, but it was still brilliant. I liked Gary Bakewell in this movie... it was the only part of the movie I liked :-P

[marcomaurizi]

he looks like Eric Idle in the Rutles!

[bwing55543]

lol His face at 1:17.

[LasgalenOsten]

Gary is plain AMAZING and does a GREAT Paul in both films. He made Backbeat enjoyable to a certain degree. And he's great in The Linda McCartney Story as well.

[willygilly101]

the movie is sopposed to be about Stuart Sutcliffe more than the rest of them.

[turricaned]

Agree 100% with Prismgap. Iain Softley himself said that he was deliberately trying to soft-pedal the fact that the band became The Beatles as we know them. I think if the real-life Paul thought about it, he'd recognise that the character in the movie is based on him as he was when he was an 18 year old lad - a bit insecure, occasionally insensitive but clearly bright, funny and incredibly driven.

[prismgap]

The movie was not about Paul. It was about John Stu and Astrid. That's why they kept the movie from being about the Beatles. Too much Paul and it would've suddenly become The Beatles movie. I mean Ringo is in the movie for what? 5 seconds?

[secondeagle]

Let's be honest, Paul might well have been the one to stop John from making a scene or embarrassing himself in front of Bert Kaempfert. That doesn't take away from his rock'n'roll self.

[innerlightmarin]

I think the only actor that looks even CLOSE to the beatle he portrayed was the actor they chose for stu sutcliffe

[leatherfaze03]

whats the song "george" is playing?

[JoviSoul27]

Haha I love the "air punch" bit ;) Very nice.

I too have a huge crush on Gary Bakewell. He's too cute!