{"id":527218,"date":"2026-07-15T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/527218\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:34:08","slug":"the-strad-news-literally-the-hardest-thing-ive-ever-had-to-learn-to-do-pedro-pascal-to-play-cellist-in-upcoming-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/527218\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strad News – \u2018Literally the hardest thing I\u2019ve ever had to learn to do\u2019: Pedro Pascal to play cellist in upcoming film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pedro Pascal will play a cellist in the upcoming film\u00a0Behemoth!, directed by Tony Gilroy.<\/p>\n

Searchlight Pictures has released a trailer for the drama, in which \u2019A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (Pedro Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road.<\/p>\n

\u2019Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pascal, 51, is seen playing the cello in the trailer, for which he underwent training that he described as \u2019literally the hardest, hardest, hardest thing I\u2019ve ever had to learn to do,\u2019 in an interview with\u00a0Vanity Fair.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2019Holding a bow correctly alone takes a day\u2019s lesson, and that\u2019s moving fast,\u2019 he said in the interview, saying it was more difficult than any of the stunts or fight scenes he encountered filming projects such as\u00a0Game of Thrones or\u00a0Gladiator II.<\/p>\n

\u2019Being in a gladiator arena or hanging from a harness \u2013\u00a0that stuff pales in comparison to learning how to play the cello and making it look convincing as you\u2019re doing Tchaikovsky.\u2019<\/p>\n

The film will also star\u00a0Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Alexa Swinton, Kaya Ralls, Erik Griffin, Jobeth Williams, Margarita Levieva, with Hank Azaria and Will Arnett.<\/p>\n

With studio music at the core of the film, Gilroy hired nine composers to score orchestrations for the fake films featured in\u00a0Behemoth!. The composers include\u00a0Michael Abels, Emily Bear, Lukas Frank, Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Henry Jackman, Nami Melumad, Brandon Roberts and Alan Silvestri.<\/p>\n

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