A Hard Day's Night, the movie, was more significant, with George meeting Patti Boyd during filming. Patti was 19 and had hopes of becoming a successful model. She was cast as a schoolgirl for the movie and soon met George, who was all of 21. One of the first things he said to her was "Will you marry me?". She laughed and he asked that if she wouldn't marry him, would she at least go out with him? She had a boyfriend at the time and said she couldn't. She found herself enamored with George, however, so several days later when she had to be back on set and he asked her out again, she said yes, having broken up with her boyfriend since their first meeting.
They married in 1966 and divorced in 1974. Patti later married one of George's closest friends, Eric Clapton (she was his muse for "Layla", a song which he wrote for her when she was still married to George). George attended the wedding and even performed at the reception.
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