Nanaimo-raised singer Allison Crowe has recorded a cover of Leonard Cohen香蕉视频直播檚 Hallelujah for the upcoming Justice League film and she said it香蕉视频直播檚 a moment 14 years in the making.
Crowe, who now lives in Newfoundland and Labrador, said it was back in 2007 when director Zack Snyder first discovered her version of the Cohen classic on YouTube and asked if he could use it in his film Watchmen.
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Crowe got a chance to finally meet Snyder in person on the set of Man of Steel in 2011. She appears in the film, performing Johnny Cash香蕉视频直播檚 Ring of Fire in a scene shot at the Cassidy Inn pub, which stood south of Nanaimo for over 100 years before it was destroyed by fire in 2016.
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On March 18, Crowe will finally be heard singing Hallelujah in one of Snyder香蕉视频直播檚 films as the director again approached her to record a new version of the song to close out his director香蕉视频直播檚 cut of Justice League, called the Snyder Cut by fans.
Snyder originally left production of the film in 2017 after his 20-year-old daughter Autumn died by suicide. Hallelujah was her favourite song and Snyder asked Crowe to perform it at Autumn香蕉视频直播檚 funeral.
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Crowe said she香蕉视频直播檒l be tuning in to the film when it comes out, although this time the premiere may be a little less glamourous than the one she attended for Man of Steel.
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Zack Snyder香蕉视频直播檚 Justice League debuts on HBO Max on March 18.
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