Much hype was made of how Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all the songs themselves, but the actor admitted after the film was released that he wasn’t certain that was the way to go until one week before shooting. Both went through rigorous vocal training with a band and T-Bone Burnett.
How did Reese Witherspoon prepare for Walk the Line?
Much hype was made of how Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all the songs themselves, but the actor admitted after the film was released that he wasn’t certain that was the way to go until one week before shooting. Both went through rigorous vocal training with a band and T-Bone Burnett.
Did Reese Witherspoon lose her voice in Walk the Line?
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all of the songs themselves, without being dubbed. They also learned to play their instruments (guitar and auto-harp, respectively) from scratch.
Did Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon get along?
Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix were so nervous about having to sing that it caused tension in their relationship off-screen. Both admitted in interviews that they didn’t get along and constantly argued during the six months of singing lessons prior to filming.
Did Joaquin Phoenix sing?
Remarkably, Phoenix, who did his own singing and guitar playing, was not a vocalist before signing on to play Cash, whose baritone sound is unmistakable. “I was surprised just to get through a song,” Phoenix confessed in a 2005 interview with CNN.
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