The High Note
The High Notetells the story of faded euphony whiz Grace Davis ( Tracee Ellis Ross ) and her chivy help Maggie ( Dakota Johnson ) , but it is also a romance with Kelvin Harrison Jr. roleplay his first onscreen heartthrob .
In fact , Harrison Jr. has a lot of firsts in this film , among them singing onscreen as he work on his demo with Johnson ’s character . The actor shared how it feel to show a new side of himself with Screen Rant , and praised the fable he was fence in by on stage set .
How does David conform to into the story of the story ?
Kelvin Harrison Jr. : I cogitate David is a guy with a ambition ; with a lot of imagination , but he has this fear - like a lot of us do - that whatever it is that we have to extend just is n’t enough . I retrieve so many hidden talents , so many gifts that go unnoticed , is a outcome of a lack of confidence . Sometimes we need that surplus push , and sometimes we need to see masses be push and to see people with persistence ; to see them hybridize that other bridge so as to kind of go , " I ’m belong to go for it . "
And I think that ’s a testament to how great this movie is , because it remind you - it ’s an expander for us all to kind of go for it . What ’s gon na occur ?
You get to talk in this moving picture for the first time on camera . How was it revealing that side of you as a performing artist ?
Kelvin Harrison Jr : Oh my God , I feel so vulnerable when I was singing those songs and doing the music stuff and nonsense and just being in the dry run way . I mean , multiple things - I had never done a comedy before , so that was that part . I never act as over 18 ; I ’d never play a romantic someone of any sort . So , I suppose all of those element combine had me like , " Whoa , what have I signed up for ? "
Nonetheless , the risk has such a huge wages in this case . I ’ve grown so much , and I think it was exhilarating . It ’s like drive a wash car for the first time ; pull race in the street of LA in the middle of the night . You know what I mean ? It ’s just , like , whoa !
You set ashore a role where you ’re literally ring by legends on set . What was the most surrealistic moment for you ?
Kelvin Harrison Jr : Well , there were a distich . in reality , no , there ’s one that really hit me . There ’s a fit where I ’m singing and Tracee is also there , and Cube is there . And I recollect it was the approximation that I could actually be in the same elbow room with these multitude , and the idea that I was actually using my voice with these mass and they were mind to it , and the melodic theme that they were respond well to it .
I was like , " This ca n’t be real . " And there was a existent audience there . You love , all of it in and of itself really felt like a movie minute . And I was like , I ’m living my flick bit . We all think that we ’re not supposed to get that mo . I got that second . It was kind of mad to me . And [ Cube ] patting me on my back and just assure me , " Good job . " Thank you , you bonk ? I do n’t love what to say . It ’s just amazing .
You come up from a melodious family . How did that help inform the role of David ?
Kelvin Harrison Jr : It definitely made me understand , one , the pressures of having parent that are very proficient in their craftiness and wanting to live up to that but not knowing if you could . And , two , the technical side and the piece of work ethic . I recollect I empathise what it took to be great , that it take away time and it took longanimity and it adopt consistence . And I recall all of those things played into how I approached the mind-set .
He knew he had to go and play at that grocery store and gig every nighttime . Every Saturday or whatever it was . That ’s what my pappa was doing . Wynton [ Marsalis ] and Harry Connick Jr. did n’t become Harry Connick Jr. and Wynton Marsalis from sit down around and play inside their house . They went out and gigged ; they learned and exercise their microscope stage presence . That ’s part of it .
So , all of those sentiment came into mind in footing of understand the psyche of a true cat like David .
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