Director Frank Borin tells us about the ending that was shot and almost used for The Wanted "Show Me Love (America)" video...
Frank Borin, director: "The great thing about The Wanted and their whole team is that there's an open line of communication where everyone just gets on the phone and hashes out the idea, which is helpful because they always have tight deadlines due to their touring schedule and only having a small window to shoot. The main goal for everyone was to take a more mature approach with both their look as well as the storyline, elevating their style over their previous videos.
The one thing we all debated about on the phone was how to end the video and we ended up shooting two different endings. One of the endings, which is what is in the final video, is a kind of Sliding Doors movie moment where the couple just misses each other and what could have been is just an echo in our minds. The other ending had the couple reuniting in the middle of the street with a big Ryan Gosling The Notebook worthy kiss only to get hit by an approaching bus. The cynical side of me wanted to go with the bus ending, especially since we shot it in such a unique and elegant way of slowly seeing the bus emerge over the course of 10 seconds from being out of focus behind them to in-focus, and finally hitting them. But the Sliding Doors ending felt better and more fitting with the emotional tone we achieved, so Sliding Doors it was!"
