Bradley Cooperis unrecognizable in his latest role.InMaestro, which he also directed, Cooper, 48, plays the late Leonard Bernstein, famed conductor andWest Side Storycomposer.TheA Star Is Bornactor-director stars alongside Carey Mulligan in the first trailer, as theShe Saidactress portrays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre. The pair are shown sitting back-to-back in a field multiple times through their lifetimes as the trailer teases moments from Bernstein’s legendary composing career and the couple’s personal life.The Netflix film also stars Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton and Miriam Shor.“Maestrois a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein,” an official logline reads. “A love letter to life and art,Maestroat its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.“NetflixJason McDonald/NetflixScott Stuber, the head of global film at Netflix, toldVarietyback in December 2021 aboutMaestro: “We’ve done a lot of work on the makeup. We’ve done a lot of work on the voice. I’m excited to see someone so deeply focused on creating a story that means so much to him. And Carey Mulligan is an incredible actress. We’ve seen her do such great work.Promising Young Womanwas, I thought, one of the best last year.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Last January, Cooper teasedMaestroduring a conversation with Mahershala Ali forVariety, explaining he personally “wanted to be a conductor since I was a kid.“Cooper said at the time, “I was obsessed with it, asked Santa Claus for a baton when I was 8. Listening to music, falling in love with it and being able to really know every single moment of a piece, like Tchaikovsky’s Opus 35 in D major, this violin concerto. I could do it as if I know everything about it without really being able to speak the language, obviously.“The actor also explained how he took on the project after directorSteven Spielbergwas originally attached to it. (Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are among the producers ofMaestro.)Jason McDonald/Netflix"I always knew that Steven Spielberg knew that I had this obsession with conducting,” said Cooper. “He had this biopic idea and was talking to me about potentially acting in it. But I had just been working onA Star Is Born. And I said, ‘Listen, all I want to do is write and direct movies. I always felt like I could play a conductor, but may I research the material and see if I can write it and direct it? Would you let me do that?’ “Maestrowill make its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivalon Sept. 2. It will then run in select theaters in November before it hits Netflix on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
Bradley Cooperis unrecognizable in his latest role.
InMaestro, which he also directed, Cooper, 48, plays the late Leonard Bernstein, famed conductor andWest Side Storycomposer.
TheA Star Is Bornactor-director stars alongside Carey Mulligan in the first trailer, as theShe Saidactress portrays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre. The pair are shown sitting back-to-back in a field multiple times through their lifetimes as the trailer teases moments from Bernstein’s legendary composing career and the couple’s personal life.
The Netflix film also stars Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton and Miriam Shor.
“Maestrois a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein,” an official logline reads. “A love letter to life and art,Maestroat its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.”
Netflix
Jason McDonald/Netflix
Scott Stuber, the head of global film at Netflix, toldVarietyback in December 2021 aboutMaestro: “We’ve done a lot of work on the makeup. We’ve done a lot of work on the voice. I’m excited to see someone so deeply focused on creating a story that means so much to him. And Carey Mulligan is an incredible actress. We’ve seen her do such great work.Promising Young Womanwas, I thought, one of the best last year.”
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Last January, Cooper teasedMaestroduring a conversation with Mahershala Ali forVariety, explaining he personally “wanted to be a conductor since I was a kid.”
Cooper said at the time, “I was obsessed with it, asked Santa Claus for a baton when I was 8. Listening to music, falling in love with it and being able to really know every single moment of a piece, like Tchaikovsky’s Opus 35 in D major, this violin concerto. I could do it as if I know everything about it without really being able to speak the language, obviously.”
The actor also explained how he took on the project after directorSteven Spielbergwas originally attached to it. (Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are among the producers ofMaestro.)
“I always knew that Steven Spielberg knew that I had this obsession with conducting,” said Cooper. “He had this biopic idea and was talking to me about potentially acting in it. But I had just been working onA Star Is Born. And I said, ‘Listen, all I want to do is write and direct movies. I always felt like I could play a conductor, but may I research the material and see if I can write it and direct it? Would you let me do that?’ "
Maestrowill make its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivalon Sept. 2. It will then run in select theaters in November before it hits Netflix on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
source: people.com
