The actor has another film, ' The Conspirator,' due out April 15, in which he plays Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
Kline learned to play the piano for his role in the 2004 film 'De-Lovely' and continues to play as a hobby. Kline also improved his chess game for the film, in which his character strikes up an unlikely friendship with his housekeeper on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. The Oscar winner says he brushed up on his French to play a French-speaking American in 'Queen to Play,' an offbeat drama set for U.S. NEW YORK - Kevin Kline likes roles that teach him something.
