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\n\tDirector Rob Reiner<\/a> has never before made a sequel in his long career, and he hadn\u2019t ever contemplated a follow-up to the most beloved rock comedy ever made, 1984\u2019s This Is Spinal Tap<\/a><\/em>. But then Harry Shearer<\/a>, who plays Tap bassist Derek Smalls, fought a year-long battle to reclaim ownership of the film \u2014\u00a0and won. \u200a\u201dWe sat and we said, \u2018Well, what do we do?’\u201d Reiner says in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWe got the rights back. What do we do with this? And so at first we said, \u2018Eh. Forget it. We are not gonna do anything.\u2019 And then we started talking and then all of a sudden this kind of idea percolated and generated. So we said, \u2018Okay,\u00a0 let\u2019s go with it.’\u201d<\/p>\n \n