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01of 09Andrew GarfieldAndrew Garfield.NetflixGarfieldnot only learned to sing for his role asRent creator Jonathan Larsonin the filmTick, Tick… Boom!, but he received aGolden Globe Awardfor his performance!The honors don’t stop there! Garfield also received a2022 Oscar nominationfor Best Actor for his role.He shared in an interview withWired, “I worked very, very closely with an amazing vocal coach, Liz Caplan, and all ofLin-Manuel Miranda’s amazing musical directions team.“He added, “They enabled me to open my voice up to the point where I could honor Jon’s songs, and feel confident enough to belt them out, as he always did when he was doing his one-man shows. It was a privilege to be able to learn a skill that I’ve always wanted to attain, and do it in service to Jon Larson.”
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Andrew Garfield
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Garfieldnot only learned to sing for his role asRent creator Jonathan Larsonin the filmTick, Tick… Boom!, but he received aGolden Globe Awardfor his performance!
The honors don’t stop there! Garfield also received a2022 Oscar nominationfor Best Actor for his role.
He shared in an interview withWired, “I worked very, very closely with an amazing vocal coach, Liz Caplan, and all ofLin-Manuel Miranda’s amazing musical directions team.”
He added, “They enabled me to open my voice up to the point where I could honor Jon’s songs, and feel confident enough to belt them out, as he always did when he was doing his one-man shows. It was a privilege to be able to learn a skill that I’ve always wanted to attain, and do it in service to Jon Larson.”
02of 09Matthew McConaugheyAxelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Universal StudiosMcConaughey, who voices aKoala named Buster MooninSingandSing 2, didn’t have much experience singing prior to thestar-studdedfilms.“My history of singing? Showers, car drives, and to myself,” McConaughey said during an interview withToday.The actor sang Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” inSing,alongsideScarlett Johansson’s character.Although McConaughey didn’t have any professional singing experience, he worked extra hard to nail his song.“I’d heard the song, obviously,“McConaughey toldUSA Today. “So I said, ‘Leave the recording [going] and I’ll do it over and over 20 times and we’ll pick one out of there,'” he added.
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Matthew McConaughey
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McConaughey, who voices aKoala named Buster MooninSingandSing 2, didn’t have much experience singing prior to thestar-studdedfilms.
“My history of singing? Showers, car drives, and to myself,” McConaughey said during an interview withToday.
The actor sang Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” inSing,alongsideScarlett Johansson’s character.
Although McConaughey didn’t have any professional singing experience, he worked extra hard to nail his song.
“I’d heard the song, obviously,“McConaughey toldUSA Today. “So I said, ‘Leave the recording [going] and I’ll do it over and over 20 times and we’ll pick one out of there,'” he added.
03of 09Reese WitherspoonSuzanne Tenner/20th Century Fox/Kobal/ShutterstockWitherspoonlearned to sing for her role asJune Carter Cashin Walk the Line, which chronicles country music legendJohnny Cash’s life.“I’ve never sung before professionally,” she said onLate Night With Conan O’Brien. “We practiced. We did six months of voice lessons, and then we recorded an album over six months. I got to learn how to sing basically. This man, Roger Love, taught me how to sing.“She applied her newly learned talents toSingandSing 2.“Country music was much easier for me,” Witherspoon shared during aSinginterview onToday. “This was hard. SingingTaylor Swift’s song, ‘Shake It Off’ is really hard.”
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Reese Witherspoon
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Witherspoonlearned to sing for her role asJune Carter Cashin Walk the Line, which chronicles country music legendJohnny Cash’s life.
“I’ve never sung before professionally,” she said onLate Night With Conan O’Brien. “We practiced. We did six months of voice lessons, and then we recorded an album over six months. I got to learn how to sing basically. This man, Roger Love, taught me how to sing.”
She applied her newly learned talents toSingandSing 2.
“Country music was much easier for me,” Witherspoon shared during aSinginterview onToday. “This was hard. SingingTaylor Swift’s song, ‘Shake It Off’ is really hard.”
04of 09Joaquin PhoenixSuzanne Tenner/20th Century Fox/Kobal/ShutterstockWitherspoon’sWalk the Linecostar,Phoenix, had a similar experience while perfecting the recognizable tone of his character, Johnny Cash.The actor underwent various training sessions in order to master the Man in Black’s deep voice.Phoenix told Conan O’Brienhe prepared for the role “with vocal lessons and working with a vocal coach.““It’s the most humiliating process I’ve ever endured because you do these exercises … And it’s so uncomfortable,” he added.
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Joaquin Phoenix
Witherspoon’sWalk the Linecostar,Phoenix, had a similar experience while perfecting the recognizable tone of his character, Johnny Cash.
The actor underwent various training sessions in order to master the Man in Black’s deep voice.
Phoenix told Conan O’Brienhe prepared for the role “with vocal lessons and working with a vocal coach.”
“It’s the most humiliating process I’ve ever endured because you do these exercises … And it’s so uncomfortable,” he added.
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Emily Blunt
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However, the opportunity to work with directorRob Marshalland alongsideMeryl Streepagain was something that she couldn’t pass up.
“It was a very hard thing to resist, so I had lots of singing lessons,” Blunt said during a press conference for the film, according toRadioTimes.
06of 09Anne HathawayWorking Title Films/Kobal/ShutterstockHathawaydemonstrated hervocal abilitiesduring her Oscar-winning performance as Fantine inLes Miserables, where she sang the famed “I Dreamed a Dream.“The actress worked with vocal coach Joan Lader (whom she shared withHugh Jackman) prior to production to build up endurance for long takes.“Immediately after I was cast, Joan and I began twice a week working to improve my vocal stamina so that I could sing for 12 hours a day,” she toldDeadline.“I had prepared for singing while crying, and I’d been practicing that because I didn’t want to get there and cry and sing for the first time on camera,” she added.
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Anne Hathaway
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Hathawaydemonstrated hervocal abilitiesduring her Oscar-winning performance as Fantine inLes Miserables, where she sang the famed “I Dreamed a Dream.”
The actress worked with vocal coach Joan Lader (whom she shared withHugh Jackman) prior to production to build up endurance for long takes.
“Immediately after I was cast, Joan and I began twice a week working to improve my vocal stamina so that I could sing for 12 hours a day,” she toldDeadline.
“I had prepared for singing while crying, and I’d been practicing that because I didn’t want to get there and cry and sing for the first time on camera,” she added.
07of 09Tom HiddlestonSam Emerson/Bron/Ratpac/Kobal/ShutterstockHiddlestonfaced a bit of challenge while practicing for his role as Hank Williams in the biopicI Saw the Light.It wasn’t necessarily the singing, but theBritish actor’s accent that was a factor.Hiddleston toldVanity Fairthat his singing coach, Rodney Crowell, worked with him to loosen his “British stiff upper lip” as well as tackle the daunting task of yodeling.“There’s a moment in a man’s life when he’s never yodeled – and … he’s asked to yodel, and it’s a scary one because you don’t know what sound is going to come out of your mouth,” Hiddleston told the outlet.
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Tom Hiddleston
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Hiddlestonfaced a bit of challenge while practicing for his role as Hank Williams in the biopicI Saw the Light.It wasn’t necessarily the singing, but theBritish actor’s accent that was a factor.
Hiddleston toldVanity Fairthat his singing coach, Rodney Crowell, worked with him to loosen his “British stiff upper lip” as well as tackle the daunting task of yodeling.
“There’s a moment in a man’s life when he’s never yodeled – and … he’s asked to yodel, and it’s a scary one because you don’t know what sound is going to come out of your mouth,” Hiddleston told the outlet.
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Meryl Streep
There isn’t much that theAcademy Award-winning actresscan’t do. Forher performance as the titular roleinFlorence Foster Jenkins,the task at hand wasn’t necessarily learning to sing well, but learning how to sing badly.
Streep worked with music professor Arthur Levy two times a week for four months prior to filming, in order to match theNew York socialite’s off-key, operatic arias.
“These arias are no joke, even if you’re singing off-key,” Levy toldNewsday. “Especially off-key, which strains the voice.”
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Bradley Cooper
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“[Singing live] was terrifying, and I really relied on [Gaga]. I spent about a year and a half taking vocal lessons and preparing,” Cooper toldVulture.
Prior to filming, Gaga requested that all of the singing in the movie should beperformed live(as opposed to prerecorded). The performances were done atCoachella,Glastonbury, and other festivals for an authentic vibe.
source: people.com
