Mark Kermode

Because it's a really complicated and intricate instrument.

And we had a consultant on the movie, Peter White, who, that's his job, he's a piano tuner.

And he walked me, and there were a couple actually, another man called Dwayne, and we just would always be sort of...

looking at what the sound would sound like if it's out of tune.

And to put it in very basic terms, if you hit a key and it makes a sort of wah-wah-wah-wah sound, you know it's out of tune.

You want the key to make one long, drawn-out sound, and that's how you know it's in tune.

But there are three strings to every key on the piano, and if one of them is slightly out of tune, then...

And then you've got to fix it.

Essentially, yeah.

Not a whole lot, Simon.

I...

I was always drawn to the instrument, but to even play a piece two-handed was not in my wheelhouse.

So it was great to develop any limited skill that I had on the instrument.

And we had a lot of really good coaches and teachers, and we did months and months of training.

Like you say, even where you sit on the stool, how your hand is supposed to be positioned over the keys,

I did, yeah.

I think it, I wasn't sure if it was official, but I did know that the part was written for him.

Um, good question.

I think, let me get back to you on that one.

Cause, cause it's, they're scary in different ways.