Sebastian Stan: Learning drums from scratch for Tommy Lee role was terrifying

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Sebastian Stan has confessed the most challenging part of playing rocker Tommy Lee was learning to play the drums.

The 39-year-old star took on role of the Mรถtley Crรผe drummer for Hulu production โ€˜Pam and Tommyโ€™, but he says it was โ€œpretty terrifyingโ€ having to learn how to play the instrument for the part.

When asked at the โ€˜Pam and Tommyโ€™ premiere at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles what the hardest part of taking on the role was, he told โ€˜Entertainment Tonightโ€™: โ€œThe drums. Because I donโ€™t play the drums. I donโ€™t play any musical instruments. So just kind of going at it and learning from scratch was pretty terrifying.

โ€œI guess [Tommy Lee] was labelled as the greatest drummer in the world, so it just felt like they were big shoes to fill. But I did my best.โ€

The โ€˜Captain America: The First Avengerโ€™ star also addressed awards season buzz, admitting he would love it if he and Lily James โ€“ who transformed into Pamela Anderson for the miniseries โ€“ were recognised for their roles, but insisted that is not the main reason he took part in the show.

He said: โ€œI would be great, Iโ€™m sure, [but] I think we did this with the best intentions to try to further the conversation in a way.

โ€œRelook at events that we thought we knew, process them hopefully differently and thatโ€™s sort of all we can hope for. Everything else after that is, I guess, icing on the cake. Iโ€™m just glad itโ€™s resonating with people.โ€


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