{"id":4364,"date":"2022-12-07T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:23:06","slug":"cello-gets-starring-role-netflix-hit-series-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2022\/12\/07\/cello-gets-starring-role-netflix-hit-series-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Cello Gets Starring Role in Netflix Hit Series, \u2018Wednesday\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4367\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/Wednesday_netflix_cello-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Jenna Ortega cello\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenna Ortega stars in Netflix&#8217;s Addams Family Spin-off. Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s latest series Wednesday has smashed the streaming service&#8217;s viewing hours records. The new series surpasses Stranger Things and the Crown for the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-part series is based on the Addams family&#8217;s troubled daughter, Wednesday, played by Jenna Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>Her character is seen playing cello fairly convincingly in several scenes.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the episodes, Wednesday practises a cello version of The Rolling Stones&#8217; &#8220;Paint It, Black&#8221; on the balcony of her university dorm room. Later, Wednesday performs Fleetwood Mac&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop&#8221; with the school band, and the third movement of &#8220;Winter&#8221; from Vivaldi&#8217;s iconic Four Seasons. In the 6th episode, Wednesday is seen practicing &#8220;Cello Concerto in E minor&#8221; by Elgar.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is Ortega playing, or is she faking?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to an interview with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xXvgT-AgLAo\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xXvgT-AgLAo\"> Wired<\/a>, Ortega said she plays the cello in all her scenes behind the instrument. The actor took cello lessons twice a week for two months before filming began.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finalortega\/status\/1488610789741191171\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4365 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/Jenna-Ortega-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"836\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I probably couldn&#8217;t play too well now,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It is something that I want to continue to pursue. I have immense respect for anybody who plays the cello. I think it&#8217;s such a delightful instrument&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While she does a remarkably convincing job of miming along to the cello tracks, it is safe to say her cello performances aren&#8217;t the ones heard on the series&#8217; soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows. Maybe this series will inspire the next Jacqueline du Pr\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addams family&#8217;s troubled daughter, Wednesday is putting the cello center stage in Netflix&#8217;s latest hit series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[71,70],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/Wednesday_netflix_cello-2022.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4369,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions\/4369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}