The trailer for Behemoth!, a forthcoming film written and directed by Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, Andor) and starring Pedro Pascal & Olivia Wilde. Great trailer: it pulls you in without revealing anything about the plot.
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As a swimmer and cellist up through high school, there are two truisms I've come to know:
1. Actors can act, but they can't "act" swimming.
2. Actors playing stringed instruments (violin, cello, etc. in particular)...same.
I think it's like learning a language - if you learn the basics at age 7-10 or so, it just flows from you naturally. If you learn it as an adult, it always looks like you're mechanically going through the "proper" motions.
Pedro Pascal looks a LOT!!! better than most actors that "act" as the violinist/cellist/etc., but still - I can tell in a heartbeat that he plays the cello like Stephen Harper (former Canadian Prime Minister) spoke French: he can hit the notes, but not the essence.
I haven't played a cello in 40yrs, but give me a few days, and I'd look better (at playing the cello; and in absolutely no other way) than PP.
I noticed this too. I'm not a musician at all, but I could tell that he was a bit out of sync.
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