What skills have other actors added to their creative CV?
Cillian Murphy learned to give a lecture in Dutch
Actor Cillian Murphy’s efforts to bring J. Robert Oppenheimer reached unprecedented heights. For this reason, the Irish film star learned to give a lecture in physics, and in Dutch. Murphy learned this lecture phonetically, memorizing the sound of the words, in three months. Shortly after the premiere of the film, Cillian Murphy said in an interview that he had not forgotten the text at all. He can count it at any time of the day.
Kate Winslet learned to dive and hold her breath underwater for a long time
Actress Kate Winslet learned to scuba dive while preparing for her role in Avatar: The Last Airbender. This was especially necessary because Ronal, who she played, was born in water. In order to make this character believable and for the viewer to feel her difference from the other characters in the film, Winslet had to play convincingly underwater.
Kate Winslet even broke Tom Cruise’s record, that is, he held the record for the longest held breath on the set. But Winslet broke it by holding her breath in the water for seven minutes and 15 seconds.
Jenna Ortega learned to play the cello
Young Hollywood actress Jenna Ortega is known for her role in director Tim Burton’s “Netflix” series “Wednesday” (Wednesday). That’s why she learned to play the cello. “I started training about 2 months before filming. I probably wouldn’t be able to play much now, but I’d love to keep learning it,” Ortega said in an interview with Wired.
Jennifer Lawrence learned the art of ballet
Jennifer Lawrence underwent intensive ballet training to prepare for her role in the film The Red Sparrow (2018). In it, she played a Russian ballerina who starts work in the intelligence service. Lawrence spent six days a week learning the basics of ballet for three hours a day and imitating the daily movements of a ballet dancer.
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Lawrence is not the first actress who intensively learned ballet skills for a role. Actress Natalie Portman movies Black Swan (2010) also took training because of it, but she knew the basics because she studied ballet from the age of 4 to 12.
Margot Robbie learned the basics of figure skating
In the movie I, Tonya (2017) actress Margot Robbie plays figure skater Tonya Harding. For her role in this film, Robbie was nominated for an Academy Award, but until then she had to sweat hard on the ice and learn the basics of figure skating. “Five months before filming, she started skating 3 or 4 times a week and was incredibly dedicated,” the film’s director, Craig Gillespie, later told People.
2023-11-27 11:00:31
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