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An original Beatles recording has made its first appearance in a movie trailer — and all it took was several decades and a polite request from director Luc Besson.The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first trailer for Besson’s upcoming sci-fi epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets uses the Beatles’ “Because,” which marks the first time one of the band’s original tracks has been licensed in this way. Given all the time it took to reach this milestone, one might assume the band’s representatives were opposed, but Besson says that wasn’t the case at all.“I just asked! We reached out to Paul McCartney, and he asked, ‘What is the film?’ and then he said yes! I never met him – I wish I could, to thank him. From what I heard, he’s seen a couple of my films,” Besson told CinemaBlend. “There is a vibe that I think, from what I heard, made him say, ‘For this one, because it’s at least new and fresh.’ So I think that he likes that. He likes to be part of something new.”

Source: The Beatles’ ‘Because’ Featured in First ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Trailer