From Audrey Hepburn to Pedro Pascal, cellists have become a movie shorthand for sensitivity, intensity and emotional depth. But why has Hollywood turned one orchestral instrument into a character in its own right? There’s a throwaway line in 2012’s The Avengers, after a character’s death, when ...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/its-the-meryl-streep-of-the-orchestra-why-cinema-loves-the-cello)

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