One of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood also happens to be a bit of a music virtuoso, but “Chevalier” presented a challenge: be good enough to rival Mozart himself.
. I’m curious to hear how music has played a role in your life and informed approaching this specific role. I understand you used to play trumpet and piano and are the son of musicians as well.
It was way more demanding than I thought it would be. I'm not gonna lie. Violin was the first instrument I ever played. I was 6 or 7, or something like that. I was really good at that time. I thought because I was the first chair in the orchestra, I’ll come into this being like, “Okay, this is gonna be a breeze. I got this. Muscle memory will kick back in.” It didn't.
There was a bit of naiveté in that process. I was like, “Okay, I want to go all in and I want to be as immersed as possible to make sure I get the authenticity.” I remember that process ofwas really challenging simply because I was getting questions a lot about if this is the right thing to do, with the amount of violence in that particular film, and having a Black man represent that.
Probably the Mozart duel. That was so much fun. It took the longest. We started before I even really knew the piece. I would just listen to Michael Abels [who wrote the music for the on-screen performances], who picked each part on the piano. I would dance around a chair and pretend it was Mozart in a dance studio, just to figure out the choreography of it all.
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