Jonathan Wells
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âItâs the Meryl Streep of the orchestraâ: why cinema loves the cello (opens the original)
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From Audrey Hepburn to Pedro Pascal, cellists have become a movie shorthand for sensitivity, intensity and emotional depth. But why has Hollywood turned one orchestral instrument into a character in its own right? Thereâs a throwaway line in 2012âs The Avengers, after a characterâs death, when his partner is alluded to. âThere was a cellist, I think,â muses Robert Downey Jrâs Tony Stark. Itâs a spot of pathos amid the punch-ups â but also rather telling. Because when even a super
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