Painful music

Gwyneth Paltrow says she was reduced to tears as she struggled to learn the guitar for her new film, Country Strong.

Gwyneth Paltrow says she was reduced to tears as she struggled to learn the guitar for her new film,

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Country Strong

. Paltrow, who is married to rocker Chris Martin, worked with guitarist Mark Jaimes to make her portrayal convincing. “I played all the time, and my hands were bleeding and cramping. I cried, like, five times at various points over the four months,” she says.