Yes, that’s Bradley Cooper, under layers of prosthetic makeup, as aging composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro, the upcoming biopic currently filming.
Netflix posted the photos yesterday and Twitter went nuts. One user gushed,
Dang! He even has white arm hairs!
Such attention to detail! Whoever is the makeup/hair person(s) on that film needs to win some major awards.”
Cooper also directs the film, his followup to A Star is Born. It co-stars Carey Mulligan as Bernstein’s wife, Felicia Montealegre, and Jeremy Strong (Kendall Roy in Succession) as critic John Gruen. (My pal Julia Gruen‘s dad!)
Bernstein was a composer best known for the music for West Side Story, the 1957 Broadway show that spawned the 1961 film and Steven Spielberg‘s recent remake.
the complex love story of Leonard and Felicia, a story that spans over 30 years — from the time they met in 1946 at a party and continuing through two engagements, a 25 year marriage, and three children.”
Hmm, wonder how much it touches on Bernstein’s well-documented gay affairs? Guess we shall see…?
Bernstein died in 1990 at 72.
Spielberg is one of the film’s producers, as is Martin Scorsese. Variety says production began in May.
From the set of MAESTRO. pic.twitter.com/y3qsYILk6P
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) May 30, 2022
(Photos, Netflix; via CNN)
