If you were offered the role of Faul...

[PaulBearer]

...what would you do? That's the question. Would you accept it at all? How far would you go with it?

It's easy to judge Faul, you see, but we simply do not know just how seductive fame can be. Once Sgt. Pepper went to his head, he changed. Would we?

[cavendish]

PB, you've brought up some excellent points. I think one of the biggest issues in all of this is what most people were "told" concerning Paul's death.
I have a feeling that only those closest to Paul knew that he had been murdered. Most others were probably told that he had died in a terrible car accident.
So, what was Bill told concerning Paul's death ?
Did he know that Paul had been murdered ?
As far as I'm concerned, there's the rub.
If he knew that Paul had been murdered, he never should've taken the job.
I feel it would've been immoral for him to do so.
I'm going to ASSUME that Bill knew that Paul was murdered, since it appears that he was a close associate of one kind or another.
We have speculated that he might be related to George Martin or Vivian Stanshall. Or both.
So, I'm voting that he never should've accepted the role of "Paul".

[TPIMaster]

I'd leave the truth in my will so that people would give the real me a funeral and also one for the real Paul so that Paul would finally get rest...

[abbey]

That's what I have often wondered if Bill didn't write his memoirs, with the truth in them, during the time after Linda's death. Maybe that's what young James found and read. The relationship between father and son is obviously not a close one.

[plastic paul]

i'd love to vote on thisbut i don't feel i can,first of all, not accepting the job is a kop out, because if everyone had done that there would be no reason for this website coz they wiouldn't have found a replacement. Secondly leaving it in the will is a no go because not everyone would believe the lawyer necessarily. I personally would say it on my deathbed, but sadly there isn't an option for that, it may sound like a pusssies way out but at least he could get it off his chest before he passed through to the other side. The only other viable option IMO is to say it after the beatles finished but he would leave himself open to a lifetime of hatred and questions etc.

[TheAquaOne]

It's kind of hard to give up the good life. I think they may have wanted him to fake a death when the Beatles broke up. Much like they did in the movie Dave where the character gets his old life back. Who knows maybe the spotlight got to him and wouldn't go along with the plan?

[PaulBearer]

Yes, he broke the original agreement he'd made with them.

[goldberry]

I'd carry it to the grave.

[abbey]

I think James knows the truth. Maybe if Bill doens't have the cajones to admit it before he dies or didn't write his memoirs, James will come forward whether his prissy sister like it or not. There has to be a deep seated reason as to why James and his dad do not get along.

I believe somehow James found out the truth and has not respected his dad very much since then and dad is mad at James for not accepting his dad's role.

I still would not accept such a "job" when they had savagely murdered someone and wanted me to play that person for even a short duration. It surprises me that they didn't assist Bill in his demise when he wouldn't quit like he was supposed to and return to being Bill Shepherd.

[BeatlePaul]

Doubles are Intelligence's most powerful weapons.
No one had to know that possibility.
Times are changing with the PC technology and the plastic surgery/fillers procedures once exclusively in the Intelligence's know-how.
Now people know digging it.
That's John's Revolution.

Back to the poll.... Faul is not McCartney II.
He is a professional impersonator that chose a "hardcore" make-up solution: plastic surgery.

ALL what he does is decided by others.

"I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello"

He had to know nothing than to impersonate James Paul McCartney.

That's his job.

[plastic paul]

Yeh i doubt he knew (when he took over) jpm was murdered, he probably just thought he'd died in a misfortunate accident, maybe later he discovered that JPM had been killed and thought if he revealed himself he would be killed as well.

[defhermit]

For all we know, Faul is mind controlled by satanists... or the british intelligence community kidnapped his family and threatened to kill them if he didn't go though it. My point is that we have NO idea what his intentions would be.

[beatled]

It's hard to choose an answer, maybe I will later. Anytime he would choose to make a no bones about it, straight out plain spoken explanation of who he is, number one, he's screwed. Number two, he must be cognizant of the fact that this new paradigm would set into motion a chain of events that would send many many illusions toppling, many questions would be asked about other matters.. Does he or would anyone really want to shoulder that burden?

Maybe the will as a backup plan, or gives James his blessing to tell the whole truth after his death, make clear to him that he need not feel guilty. (but only if he wants to of course) But plan number one for me would always be that if I decided to do it, I would do it, no looking back.

[Power 2 The People]

To me it would be tantamount to a deal with the devil. I'd have to say no. (At least I'd like to think I would.)

[TheAquaOne]

It looks to me that there may have been more then one "replacement". Some of the pictures don't look like Faul or Paul. Like on the Worlds Best album cover, where he is wearing the orange jacket. Maybe they used this guy while Faul was in surgery?

[Perplexed]

Hmmmm...sort of like "Temp Doubles" to the Stars.
Funny. In the 1980's, one frequently referred to employment agencies as, "head hunters".........

[abbey]

Put that way, Perplexed, it takes on a whole new meaning. I had forgot that old expression.