{"id":434161,"date":"2020-07-05T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T12:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=434161"},"modified":"2020-07-02T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:37:53","slug":"actors-turned-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/inspire\/actors-turned-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors turned musicians (for their roles)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes roles in movies require some extra effort. Whether it’s simply (!) gaining 30 kg of muscles in under 6 months to play Batman or learning a new language or accent, actors sometimes have to work way beyond their shooting schedule hours. For some movies, actors had to learn to play (or pretend to learn to play…) a musical instrument. Some of them eventually enjoyed it so much that they kept on doing it off-screen. Let’s find out who did this best!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Christian Bale – The Big Short<\/h2>\n
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Christian Bale<\/strong> is an incredible actor. Photos that prove his commitment<\/strong> to the movie<\/strong> part are easy to find on the web: he achieved incredible body<\/strong> transformations<\/strong> during his successful career<\/strong>, and his will to prove what an incredibly versatile actor he is doesn’t end with protein shakes<\/strong> and weight<\/strong> loss: for “The Big Short<\/strong><\/em>” Bale had to learn to play<\/strong> drums<\/strong> to film the scenes where his character “relieves some stress” by blasting some beats, while he predicts the market<\/strong> collapse<\/strong>. The incredible part? He learnt the basics in just two weeks by continuously listening to Pantera<\/strong>. We expected him to give Ozzy<\/strong> a try as well, given his passion for bats<\/strong>. Too bad!<\/p>\n

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Adrien Brody – The Pianist<\/h2>\n
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To fulfil the role of Szpilman<\/strong>, Adrien<\/strong> Brody<\/strong> was literally forced by director Roman Polanski<\/strong> to take piano<\/strong> lessons<\/strong> and practice for several hours a day. His commitment went a little bit further by dumping his girlfriend<\/strong>, selling<\/strong> his car<\/strong> and apartment and relocating to somewhere in Europe<\/strong> to really “understand” how a man that had lost everything feels. It paid off, though: he went on to win an Oscar<\/strong> for Best actor at age<\/strong> 30<\/strong>, the youngest actor up to that point. Hats off, Adrien, hats off.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Weisz \u2013 The Brothers Bloom<\/h2>\n
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There’s a scene in The Brothers Bloom<\/em> where Weisz<\/strong>‘ character plays a violin, a guitar, a banjo and an accordion within 10 seconds. Even though the scene was really short<\/strong> and could’ve been faked with some playback, Weisz decided to have lessons in all the instruments<\/strong> she was about to play. The result could be easily the result of an overlay<\/strong>, but by watching the correct<\/strong> hand<\/strong> posture<\/strong> and fingering<\/strong> we can at least say that she knows how those instruments work, and that’s something one should not take for granted when it comes to Hollywood.<\/p>\n

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Jude Law & Matt Damon – The Talented Mr. Ripley<\/h2>\n
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Matt Damon<\/strong> and Jude Law’<\/strong>s famous jazz club scene is memorable to music lovers. While enjoying life in southern<\/strong> Italy<\/strong>, surrounded by good food, amazing weather and stellar<\/strong> music<\/strong>, the two friends went on to play at the local jazz club<\/strong> every once in a while. Matt Damon actually learned to play piano<\/strong> correctly, even though the music you hear in the movie was played by the movie soundtrack composers for practical reasons (on their behalf, it’s important to remember that playing jazz<\/strong> is everything but easy!). The charming Jude<\/strong> Law<\/strong>, on the other hand, learned to play saxophone<\/strong> and started to enjoy American culture and music from the ’50s<\/strong>, reportedly enjoying it to the point where he actually became a fan, for life, of that music style.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Gosling \u2013 La La Land<\/h2>\n

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When you see Ryan<\/strong> Gosling’s<\/strong> close up scenes on the piano<\/strong> during the many songs in La La Land<\/strong><\/em>, you’d think that the director hired a jazz<\/strong> musician<\/strong> to play those parts. Except he didn’t. Ryan Gosling, an ultra-talented actor known for movies such as Blade Runner 2049<\/strong><\/em>, Drive<\/strong><\/em>, The Place Beyond the Pines<\/strong><\/em> and, of course, the multi-award winning La La Land<\/strong><\/em>, actually learned to play piano by performing ‘City of Stars<\/strong><\/em>‘ several hours a day for half a year. The result? A cascade of Oscars and Golden Globes.<\/p>\n

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Bradley Cooper \u2013 A Star Is Born<\/h2>\n
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Bradley<\/strong> Cooper<\/strong>, once just a great actor<\/strong>, superb director<\/strong> and worldwide-known good<\/strong> fella<\/strong>, went on to become a formidable<\/strong> musician<\/strong> to do justice to his upcoming movie, A Star Is Born<\/strong><\/em>, and his character, Jackson<\/strong> Maine<\/strong> – a country singer who falls in love with an upcoming star (portrayed by Lady Gaga<\/strong>). He took vocal<\/strong>, piano<\/strong> and guitar<\/strong> lessons for a year and a half, showed up during Glastonbury<\/strong> while Kris Kristofferson<\/strong> (who portrayed Cooper’s character in the 1969 version of A Star Is Born) was performing and went onstage with none other than Willie<\/strong> Nelson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

His chemistry with Lady<\/strong> Gaga<\/strong> gave the final touch to an incredible<\/strong> movie<\/strong> which is all about music and pursuing your dreams. Go watch it!<\/p>\n

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Do you know of any other actors who became musicians for their movie roles? <\/strong>
\nWhat was your favourite one? Let us know with a comment below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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