‘I had guitar lessons, and I struggled,’ confesses Mark Webber. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Rick Marshall Mark Webber and Michael Cera in “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” Photo: Universal Pictures From the very first scene in “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” in which Michael Cera and his Sex Bob-Omb bandmates strap on their instruments and bust out some serious rock-and-roll thunder, director Edgar Wright’s new flick crackles with musical verve. There are band battles, tons of talk about record contracts and artist jealousy, and a soundtrack as important to the mood of each scene as the words coming out of each character’s mouth. Cera has strummed chords before, in “Juno” and “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” but not all of his castmates had musical experience when they signed on to this adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series. So Wright threw his actors into rock-and-roll boot camp, and with the help of some pros, they ended up learning how to wail.
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