Cancer survivor, Michael Douglas is already back at work, this time doing some preparations for his upcoming role as Liberace. The said actor is set to undertake Piano lessons. The flamboyant musician delighted crowds for decades with his over the top theatrics, even if they caused him to be ridiculed by more conservative critics. Looking back, he’s really more famous for being a running joke, but for almost twenty years, he was one of, if not the, highest paid performers in the world. Audiences loved him, and that along, is enough to warrant a Nuanced and sophisticated portrayal.
One ingredient of that nuanced and sophisticated portrayal is Learning the piano, and while Douglas may not be healthy enough to train for some of his more creative showmanship maneuvers, his fingers are nimble enough to fiddle with the ivories. That’s a lot more important than it might seem. No one expects an actor to be as good as the entertainer they’re portraying, but the more basics you have down, the more the director can play with the camera and shoot from different angles.
He said, "I lost a lot of muscle mass, so I'm going to work on that. I'm going to get my fingers ready for Liberace."
He tells People magazine, "I've been watching a lot of tapes of him. He wasn't the greatest dancer nor the greatest singer, but he was a great pianist and entertainer."
Source: CinemaBlend; StarPulse
