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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Led Zeppelin Agreed to License Their Iconic Song “Stairway to Heaven” for the 1st Time Ever for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: If you've seen the trailer for Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia movie,
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  Speaker 2: The Magician's Nephew, and there's a good chance you have
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  Speaker 2: because it's already racked up about half a billion views
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  Speaker 2: in about a week, you might have noticed it uses
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  Speaker 2: the classic Led Zeppelin song, Stairway to Heaven, which is rare.
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  Speaker 3: Very rare, as in like it never happened. It's the
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  Speaker 3: first time Led Zeppelin has licensed the track, often dubbed
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  Speaker 3: the best rock song of all time for any trailer
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  Speaker 3: or even a movie for that matter. They just don't
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  Speaker 3: let people use it, but they made an exception this time.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're lifelong fans of C.S. Lewis, the author who
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  Speaker 4: created Narnia. But guitarist Jimmy Page also praised Greta as
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  Speaker 4: a powerhouse in the world of cinema. So it had
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  Speaker 4: just as much to do with their respect for her artistry.
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  Speaker 2: Greta told Stephen Colbert at an IMAX event her movie's
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  Speaker 2: a spiritual journey about the path to true enlightenment versus
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  Speaker 2: the wrong path you can go down. So the song
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  Speaker 2: was the perfect fit, especially since Led Zeppelin loves Narnia.
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  Speaker 3: So she was deeply moved when they agreed to license
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  Speaker 3: Stairway to Heaven and told her the main reason was
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  Speaker 3: because they saw the.
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  Speaker 2: Heart in her movie. Narnia, the magician's nephew, in theaters
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  Speaker 2: Friday the 12th of February.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.