In 2014, Paul Dano landed a role in “Love & Mercy,” based on the life of Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson. In the film, Dano portrayed a young version of Wilson, a role which required him to play the piano and sing. Feeling confident about his musical chops, Dano told the director that he could sing. But once he found out he’d be singing for Brian Wilson himself, Dano freaked out a little.
He told Entertainment Weekly, “I was like, ‘Whoah! That’s something I should have known about.’ I was so scared … We recorded something and we sent it to Brian. Then, later, Brian and Melinda (Wilson’s wife) called together and they were really excited. And once that happened, I actually felt like, ‘Okay, now I can run with this, I can go do my work.'”
Despite having Wilson’s blessing, Dano’s nerves returned when it came time to shoot a specific scene which recreated one of Wilson’s more stark performances. “I was shaking,” Dano told Rolling Stone. “It was a fool’s errand to try to get my voice to sound exactly like Brian’s. His range is so bananas.” It seems the months Dano spent preparing for the role paid off, however. Not only was the film a hit with critics, but Wilson himself gave it his seal of approval. “I saw it at the Toronto Film Festival, and Brian sat right across the aisle,” Dano recalled. “He said, ‘That’s a really good movie,’ and repeated it a few times.”
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