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After the teaser trailer for the Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro, was released Aug. 15, Bradley Cooper received backlash for wearing a prosthetic chemoreceptor to play the celebrated composer. However, Leonard’s 3 children — Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein — released a statement the pursuing day, connected Aug. 16, to support Bradley, 48, who besides directed the upcoming Netflix flick astir Leonard’s life.
“Bradley Cooper included the 3 of america on each measurement of his astonishing travel arsenic helium made his movie astir our father,” the kids wrote successful their connection shared connected Leonard’s Twitter. “We were touched to the halfway to witnesser the extent of his commitment, his loving clasp of our father’s music, and the sheer open-hearted joyousness helium brought to his exploration,” they added.
(1/6) From Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein:
Bradley Cooper included the 3 of america on each measurement of his astonishing journey as helium made his movie astir our father. pic.twitter.com/y9xZWDotJe
— Leonard Bernstein (@LennyBernstein) August 16, 2023
Bradley Cooper (Photo: CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
The connection continued, “It breaks our hearts to spot immoderate misrepresentations oregon misunderstandings of his efforts. It happens to beryllium existent that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, large nose. Bradley chose to usage constitution to amplify his resemblance, and we’re perfectly good with that. We’re besides definite that our dada would person been good with it arsenic well. Any strident complaints astir this contented onslaught america supra each arsenic disingenuous attempts to bring a palmy idiosyncratic down a notch — a signifier we observed each excessively often perpetrated connected our ain father.”
“At each times during the making of this film, we could consciousness the profound respect and yes, the emotion that Bradley brought to his representation of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, our parent Felicia,” Leonard’s kids said, mentioning their parent Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan in the film. “We consciousness truthful fortunate to person had this acquisition with Bradley, and we can’t hold for the satellite to spot his creation,” they added.
In Maestro, Bradley plays the precocious composer who was 1 of the large philharmonic icons of the 20th century. When Netflix released the teaser trailer for the film, which besides touches connected Leonard’s matrimony to Felicia, fans got upset due to the fact that of Bradley’s visibly ample prosthetic nose. Bradley, who is not Jewish, was accused of stereotyping the “Jewface” which has been done earlier successful Hollywood.
Bradley has not responded to the Maestro backlash yet. The upcoming Netflix biopic, retired December 20, is Bradley’s 2nd directorial feature. His archetypal was A Star Is Born in 2018, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Shallow,” sung by Bradley and his co-star Lady Gaga.
