Iron Maiden's Movie Doubt

6 months ago 24th Apr 13:30

Iron Maiden were uneasy about their documentary 'Flight 666'.

Guitarist Adrian Smith admits the legendary heavy metal group found the camera crew "intrusive" when they started filming their groundbreaking 'Somewhere Back in Time' world tour last year. Eventually they were, however, won over by Canadian filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scott McFayden.

After a while though, you forget they're there, and settle into it

He said: "When we first had the idea put to us, we weren't too sure about it. We're pretty private as people, we keep ourselves to ourselves, so it was at first a little intrusive.

"After a while though, you forget they're there, and settle into it. I trusted Sam and Scott and knew they'd do a good job."

He added that the band were very honest about what was captured on the tour - which saw the band charter their own plane to fly between dates in South East Asia and South America- and left all the footage in the final cut of the film.

Adrian said: "There weren't really any scenes we objected to and didn't want to cut anything out. It's all pretty much what they filmed, there was nothing that bad in it."

When asked which his favourite rock n' roll-based films are, Adrian replied: "Well, it started with the Beatles' 'Let It Be', that was pretty much to the bone, a band breaking up, a lot of drama there. Then there's 'This Is Spinal Tap' - of course the tour was full of Spinal Tap moments and there's a few in the film."

'Iron Maiden: Flight666' was released earlier this week with screenings in 41 countries.