Pattie Boyd wants Taylor Swift to play her in a biopic

When pop superstar Taylor Swift interviewed Pattie Boyd for a magazine in 2018, she drew a parallel between herself and the Swinging Sixties icon. 

‘We’re both women whose lives have been deeply influenced by songs and song-writing,’ she told her.

Now, I hear that Boyd – who inspired hits including Something, by George Harrison, and Wonderful Tonight, by Eric Clapton – wants the American singer, 33, to play her on screen.

‘I would love to have a film of my life,’ Boyd, 79, says. ‘I think that would be a really lovely thing to be a part of.’

Asked who should portray her, she doesn’t hesitate: ‘Taylor Swift. That should do it.’

A biopic about Boyd could be engrossing. As well as being one of the most photographed models of the 1960s, she was at the heart of the most talked-about love triangle in rock history.

Clapton fell for her after becoming a close friend of Harrison. When she initially rejected Clapton’s advances, the guitarist descended into heroin addiction and self-imposed exile for three years. 

Once cured, he pursued her again, and she eventually agreed to leave the Beatles star.

Boyd split up with Clapton in 1987, and later married property developer Rod Weston in 2015.

Boyd was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomized the British female ‘look’ of the era. 

She was married to George Harrison and experienced the height of the Beatles’ popularity as well as sharing in their embrace of Indian spirituality. 

The beauty inspired Harrison’s songs If I Needed Someone, Something and For You Blue. 

She was the muse behind his hits Layla and Wonderful Tonight.

In 2019, she revealed her heartache at not being able to become a mother. ‘I thought that, naturally, when I grew up and got married I’d have children,’ she said.

‘I thought it just goes with the idea of being a woman. Then, when it didn’t happen, I started to panic and wondered why.

‘Once you come to terms with the fact that it’s not going to happen to you, it takes a while to get a grip on reality and bite your lip.’