Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin frontman, almost made it to "Game of Thrones." Well, he was actually offered a role only — but he was the one who turned it down. To not want to be featured in one of the most famous television series, there must be a good reason behind it.
There seems to be.
According to Plant, the reason why he turned down an offer to make a cameo appearance in "Game Of Thrones," is because he didn't want to be "typecast" in the wildly successful fantasy series, having already used the concept of sword-wielding warriors in the Led Zeppelin classic Immigrant Song.
"I started that shit!" Plant tells Canadian broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos in a new interview.
The former frontman was given this opportunity to explain himself, during a live-audience discussion between Stroumboulopoulos and Plant, from which the presenter tweeted a snippet.
When asked if he has ever watched George R. R. Martin's fantasy epic, Robert Plant responds, "No", then casually adds, "I got offered a part in that."
Stunned, the broadcaster naturally had to ask why he did not appear on the show.
"And you said, No?" the broadcaster asks.
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"Yeah, well, I don't want to be typecast," Plant jokes, to much laughter from the audience. "I mean, I started that s***!"
"Go back to Immigrant Song," the singer says, "and Led Zeppelin being part of a cultural exchange in Iceland with the Icelandic government. So they didn't really know what they'd invited onto their little island."
Suddenly inspired to share what was the inspiration for writing the lyrics to the Led Zeppelin III classic, Plant explained, "So on the way back on the plane, I started thinking about... because I love Western European history from maybe the Bronze Age up through all the old religion... when we were really in touch with our earth. And so the Viking thing was obviously that whole idea of playing in Iceland and experiencing this amazing landscape and people."
"Yeah, I've got a lot to answer for, really," Plant jokes out of the blue, "because I've never seen so many bands with double-bladed axes. [If it wasn't for Immigrant Song] they could have all looked like Soft Cell."
Plant looks away from the camera and asks his publicist what role he was offered in "Game Of Thrones."
"I believed I could mount a horse and gallop away [adopts dramatic/heroic attitude]..."
It's not clear now whether he's just pulling people's leg. But had he joined the show, he would have been at par with Mastodon, Coldplay, Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, Sigur Rós, and Ed Sheeran, all of whom graced the show despite their busy music careers.
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