'I can't look at her to find her eye-line, so there were these really, like, just tedious tasks that you would never even imagine. 'If Adam says something to us first, I turned my head, and then she turns hers, but I'm the one turning her head, you know, and her eye-line has to be matched up with Adam. And so you'd have to very discreetly, you know, turn her head. If you're playing the piano, and how is she propped up, and then there were scenes where I was actually asked to operate her without the controls, because Leos was shooting from behind. Helberg said: 'There was a real technical challenge that I would say was always present particularly with the puppet. In one scene, The Conductor is playing piano with Annette, which created some technical difficulty far beyond playing the role. However, forming a connection with the child was no mean feat, especially as Annette is played by a puppet. He believes he could be the father to the child, and given the incredible musical talents of Annette, it is not so difficult to understand why. In the conducting scene, The Conductor first suggests he may be the father of Annette, after having an affair with Anne before she and Henry began their relationship. 'And, you know, you say hello, and you begin.' And Leos says, 'We're going to shoot this all in one shot, and you're actually going to be conducting, and meet your symphony orchestra.' 'But you know, then you get to Brussels and you're in an enormous, three-tier concert hall. I'd say on the page, there's a short soliloquy, and describes my character as conducting an orchestra. He said: 'That scene always fascinated me, and I didn't ever really envision what it ultimately became. Speaking to Newsweek, Helberg described how the scene on the page did not suggest the magnitude of the task ahead of him when it came to filming. The first is when he is the accompanist to Anne (Cotillard), a famous opera singer, and dotes on her from afar.ДЄs the film progresses, his story is not the focus, but soon we meet him again as The Conductor, having moved up in the music world since his accompanying days.ДЇor this scene, Helberg had to study conductors before being thrown in the deep end with an orchestra to direct.

There are two scenes where viewers get an insight into the mind of Helberg's character, known as The Conductor or The Accompanist. Simon Helberg as The Conductor in 'Annette.' Amazon

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