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Nov 16, 2018 · Mahershala Ali stars in the new movie “Green Book” as famed pianist Don Shirley. To master the art of fake piano-playing, he received some help from the film’s composer, Kris Bowers.
Feb 19, 2023 · While Mahershala Ali didn't play the piano in Green Book, the actor did work with Kris Bowers to learn how to look like a piano player and how to mimic piano playing. According to Bowers, the musician spent three whole months with Ali simply working on his posture and mannerisms.
May 21, 2020 · That means Kris Bowers, composer for “Green Book,” a biopic about pianist Dr. Don Shirley, had responsibilities that went far beyond your average project—including teaching Academy Award (and...
Feb 26, 2019 · But the real musicianship comes from Kris Bowers, the extraordinary 29-year-old American composer who wrote the film score for Green Book and doubled Ali’s piano playing. Mahershala Ali poses at the 91st Annual Academy Awards.
Jan 7, 2019 · That poised sense of self truly shines when playing Don Shirley, a virtuoso pianist who had to perform his way through the Jim Crow South in Green Book, which won Best Comedy or Musical at the...
Nov 24, 2018 · In the segregation-era film Green Book, Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali stars as Dr. Don Shirley, a real-life world-class black pianist.
Green Book sees Mahershala Ali portraying real-life pianist Don Shirley, and he does such a convincing job that it's not clear whether the actor was actually playing the piano in the movie.
Nov 2, 2018 · Mahershala Ali, right, portraying the virtuoso pianist Donald Shirley in “Green Book.” Patti Perret/Universal Pictures, Participant, DreamWorks. By Giovanni Russonello. Nov. 2, 2018.
Nov 14, 2018 · Green Book, a dramatic shift from Farrelly’s previous work, tells the story of Donald Walbridge Shirley, professionally known as Don Shirley ( Mahershala Ali ), a black classical pianist...
Nov 15, 2018 · Mahershala Ali is hitting the big screen in another powerhouse performance, this time as a classical pianist in "Green Book." Ali told "Good Morning America" that he "immersed" himself in the real-life character's music and researched all the material he could get his hands on to be "fully equipped" for the role.
