Producers of Witches of Eastwick Threatened to Sue Susan Sarandon if She Didn’t Learn the Cello

There was a case that Producers of Witches of Eastwick Threatened to Sue Susan Sarandon if She Didn’t Learn the Cello. When Witches of Eastwick was released in 1987, it quickly rose to cult status. Susan Sarandon is one of three women in the movie that catch the attention of Jack Nicholson's almost demonic persona. In 2020, several years after the movie's premiere, Sarandon spoke in front of an Eastwick-themed event and spilled some beans about the movie's making.

She realized she would need to learn the cello for her new role, in addition to alleging Cher had stolen her role right before filming started. She has little knowledge of cello technique. You'd think that maybe she might pass as someone else for the movie, but the filmmakers threatened to sue her if she didn't catch on. It's reasonable to say she did a good job because her character does have a cello scene that audiences will remember forever in the movie.