Sir Paul McCartney had a near miss with a passing car as he posed on the iconic Abbey Road zebra crossing from The Beatles‘ album cover of the same name.
The musician, 80, was seen larking about on the designated pedestrian walkway as he filmed a video and had his picture taken.
His daughter Mary, 53, recently revealed the near-miss happened when she wanted to recreate the moment her father crossed the road with the famous band in 1969, when he was also almost knocked down by a car.
Mishap! Sir Paul McCartney, 80, had a near miss with a passing car as he posed on the iconic Abbey Road zebra crossing from The Beatles’ album cover of the same name
Sir Paul could be seen dressed in a blue shirt and a pair of darker trousers as he waled over the crossing.
He could be seen waving his arms in the air and posing for the camera as a blue Toyota Prius passed nearby.Â
Mary was filming the scene for her new documentary, If These Walls Could Talk.
On location:Â The musician was seen larking about on the designated pedestrian walkway as he filmed a video and had his picture taken
Family affair: His daughter Mary, 53, recently revealed the near-miss happened when she wanted to recreate the moment her father crossed the road with the famous band in 1969
Oh no! Sir Paul McCartney was nearly hit by a car on the iconic crossing from his Abbey Road album cover during his time in the Beatles
In a recent interview with the Mirror, Mary recalled: ‘The bit where the car nearly ran him over on the zebra crossing, that was so funny.
‘As we were leaving [the studio], I said, ‘I’ll film you [on the crossing],’ and he went over and this car totally didn’t stop for him!’
‘As we were leaving [the studio], I said, ‘I’ll film you [on the crossing],’ and he went over and this car totally didn’t stop for him!’Â Â
Keeping it casual:Â Sir Paul could be seen dressed in a blue shirt and a pair of darker trousers as he waled over the crossing
Near miss:Â He could be seen waving his arms in the air and posing for the camera as a blue Toyota Prius passed nearby
It comes weeks after Sir Paul revealed that he ‘couldn’t talk about’ his friend and bandmate John Lennon’s death after his murder in 1980.
He said he found it ‘so difficult’ after his former Beatles bandmate was gunned down outside his New York City apartment.
Sir Paul detailed how he returned home from the studio the day of his friends death and turned on the TV to see people reflecting on ‘what John meant’ to them.
Amused:Â In a recent interview with the Mirror , Mary recalled: ‘The bit where the car nearly ran him over on the zebra crossing, that was so funny’
Sir Paul admitted he was not able to do the same due to the loss being ‘too deep’ and he was not able to ‘put it into words’.
He said: ‘When John died it was so difficult. It had hit me so much that I couldn’t really talk about it.
‘I remember getting home from the studio on the day that we’d heard the news he died. Turning the TV on and seeing people say, “Well, John Lennon was this” and “What he was, was this” and “I remember meeting him”. Â
Family:Â The anecdote was shared by Sir Paul’s daughter Mary (pictured), 53, who revealed her father was almost knocked down at the area where the 1969 cover was shot
‘I was like, “I can’t be one of those people. I can’t go on TV and say what John meant to me.” It was just too deep. I couldn’t put it into words.’
Sir Paul added how he managed to express his grief about losing John in his 1982 song Here Today.
The artist revealed her ‘sat on the wooden floor in the corner with my guitar’ and came up with the opening chords to the track.
Sir Paul also added that the line “the night we cried” referred to when he and his late pal, who was killed over 40 years ago, had a drunk heart-to-heart and ‘told each other a few truths’ and how much they loved each other.
Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon on the night of December 8, 1980, as he and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment.
‘It had hit me so much’: He said he found it ‘so difficult’ after his former Beatles bandmate was gunned down outside his New York City apartment