My question is how the heck they convinced Tom Hanks to do this?
They didn't. He met Carly by accident and they became friends. Then he offered to be in the video. She said on GMA.
This is how they met.
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The two first met before at Braun’s wedding reception, when a hummingbird got caught in one of the tents; Hanks tried to use a broom handle to free a path for the bird, but an oblivious Jepsen just saw a man going in for the kill; she ran over to intervene. “I grabbed his arm and was like, ‘Don’t hurt the bird!’ He turns around and I was like, ‘Tom Hanks!’”
I guess it was too much to hope for a great video to match a great song. Nothing against Tom Hanks but there should have been way more going on and a lot more of Carly. Are people really getting paid to come up with concepts like this? At the very least they could have filmed all three of them on their separate journeys to the shoot.
Oh well, it could have been a lot worse as well I suppose. And the song still slays so hopefully it'll find the success it deserves. And maybe she can snatch Avril for the next vid.
This is adorable! And the scenes with Tom and Carly dancing together are perfection. But would it have killed Tom to learn his lines properly? I mean, he's an actor. That's his job.
Well, I'd have prefered a lot more Carly in the video because I mean, it's okay for rock bands to do that stuff (hire actors and make just some cameos) but she's a popstar, so it would have been cooler if she appeared a little bit more in her own video but I still love the song anyway and I love Tom Hanks ! So that's a nice one I guess
It really kicks into high gear when we finally get to see Carly in all of her ebullient glory, but too much of the video rests on Tom's poor geriatric shoulders... and clearly he. is. struggling.