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Lewis.The legendary rock band have never let the original recording of their iconic 1971 track be licensed for use in a film or TV series before, but filmmaker Greta Gerwig was able to convince them for her latest offering.Speaking during a Q+A with Stephen Colbert, she said, "They had not let it be used in anything.
I was so moved that they allowed me to use the song."The director spoke to Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, who wrote the song, and got them to personally sign off on using the song in marketing for Narnia.She explained, "I showed them and I talked to them, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.
They did it because they saw the heart of the story in the film and they, too, love C.S.
Lewis, and they have a reverence for his work.”“The whole thing was very fortuitous.
I’m so happy that it got to be this song,” Gerwig mentioned.The Barbie director was determined to use Stairway to Heaven in her film's first trailer as a way of introducing her adaptation.
"It’s an epic song.
It’s an amazing song.
It’s a narrative.
It’s about a spiritual journey.”"It’s about the true path of enlightenment and spirituality, and then this path of false idols and the wrong roads you can go down.
And I was like, ‘This is exactly the story of this movie,’” she exclaimed.Led Zeppelin have rejected several approaches to use Stairway to Heaven on screen in the past.For 2000's Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe asked his longtime pals if he could use the song for a scene in the movie based on his teen years as a reporter for Rolling Stone where William Miller (Patrick Fugit) plays the track for….
Is it meant to elevate humanity?
Sure.
Let’s elevate humanity after we sell you drugs and s*x.”When Crowe showed Page and Plant the scene, they weren't too keen.He recalled, "They said, ‘Well, Stairway to Heaven, we gotta say no to, ’cause it’s just too much.
