Sigourney Weaver Admits She Once Wrote a 5-Page Love Letter to John Lennon: ‘I Hope They Threw It Away’
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Tereza ShkurtajJanuary 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Sigourney Weaver recently visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her latest project: Avatar: Fire & Ash
During her appearance, the 76-year-old took part in the famous "Colbert Questionnaire"
While answering one of the questions, the actress revealed that she once wrote a letter to John Lennon when she was a young girl
Sigourney Weaver recently stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about her new film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, but the conversation quickly took an unexpected — and delightful — turn.
During the host’s questionnaire segment, the legendary actress, 76, surprised the audience by opening up about her lifelong devotion to The Beatles.
What began as standard late-night banter transformed into a heartfelt trip down memory lane, with Weaver’s deep affection for the rock band – especially John Lennon – completely stealing the spotlight.
Weaver’s Beatles fandom began early. She recalled attending one of the band’s U.S. concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in California when she was around 12 years old.
Surrounded by "screaming" girls, she "couldn’t hear them at all" — a common experience for Beatles concertgoers in the '60s.
That night was later immortalized in Ron Howard’s documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, where a young Weaver can be spotted in the crowd.
"My hair is huge because I put it on beer cans all day, straightened it, and I'm wearing my one nice dress,” she recalled, noting that she was "at the very back" of the venue.
The magic, however, didn’t end there. After the show, as Weaver and her friend were walking home, they spotted the Beatles’ limo passing by – close enough for Lennon and Paul McCartney to wave.
The moment was so overwhelming, Weaver joked, it left her emotionally stunned for an entire day.
"We were so excited that we came so close — we were like 10 feet away as the car went by — that honestly, I think we both went home and just laid on our backs and looked at the ceiling for 24 hours," she said.
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The Beatles performing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964.
When asked whether she had ever requested a celebrity autograph, Weaver shared another story that was both earnest and endearing.
The actress revealed that she had once poured her heart into a multi-page letter addressed to Lennon himself.
"I think I was too shy, but I did leave — again for John Lennon — I wrote a several-page letter on lavender stationery with purple ink, [which began] 'Dear John....,' she recalled.
"It was like five pages front and back. And I folded it up. I put an envelope, and I dropped it off at this restaurant that I heard he went to," she continued, putting her face in her hands out of embarrassment.
Weaver admitted she has no memory of what she wrote, but laughed that she hoped it never reached him.
"I hope they threw it away," Weaver said.
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Sigourney Weaver in 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
As for why Lennon captured her heart most of all, Weaver traced it back to a mischievous story she once read in a fan magazine.
"I did kind of fall in love with John because I read … that he used to work at the airport, and for VIPs, he made a plate of sandwiches and, just before he sent them out, he'd put his shoe in them and then put it back together and put it on the platter," she said. "I thought that was so cool."
Learning about his playful irreverence sealed the deal. Decades later, that youthful admiration still shines — proving that even Hollywood icons can be lifelong fans at heart.
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Sigourney Weaver.
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After decades in Hollywood, Weaver is best known for her trailblazing roles in films like Alien, Ghostbusters, Gorillas in the Mist, and the Avatar franchise, where she redefined what strong, intelligent female characters could look like in blockbuster cinema.
Yet on Colbert’s stage, she wasn’t the iconic sci-fi hero or two-time Golden Globe winner — she was a teenager again, reminiscing about the band that shaped her youth.
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