American actor Bradley Cooper plays Leonard Bernstein in the film Teacher. THE Netflix Twitter account released the first images from the film on May 30. Suffice to say that the resemblance is disturbing…
A Netflix film by and starring Bradley Cooper
In addition to playing the role of composer and conductor, Bradley Cooper is also the director of the feature film. This is not the first time that he has taken on these two roles, he had already put on the double hat of director and actor for A Star is Born.
Bradley Cooper will star alongside Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, wife of Leonard Bernstein. The cast also includes Maya Hawke and Matt Bomer.
Meastro explores the relationship between the Bernstein spouses is filming until the end of the summer. The film should be released on the Netflix platform before the end of 2022.
A project by Scorsese and Spielberg
In 2015, Martin Scorsese announced that he was making a biopic on Leonard Bernstein. Finally too busy with The Irishman Man, he entrusted the project to Spielberg. But the latter is also very taken by his remake of West Side Story.
While Cooper is filming A Star is Born, Spielberg approaches him to offer him to play the role of "Lenny" Bernstein. Finally, after seeing A Star is Born in post-production, Spielberg entrusts the production to Cooper!
Spielberg finally joins the famous names in cinema who will direct the film (Martin Scorsese, Fred Berner, etc.).
Makeup that is not to everyone's taste
It is true that the resemblance is striking and we can only salute the work of prosthetic make-up artist Kazu Hiro. However, Cooper's transformation drew strong reactions on social media. These photos have revived the debate on the habits of Hollywood, which still hires non-Jewish actors to play Jewish people. Several Twitter users denounced the anti-Semitic practice of applying a fake latex nose, contributing to harmful stereotypes…
Still, the composer of West Side Story et Candid continues to fascinate today. This film will, we hope, shed light on Bernstein's incredible talent and the tumultuous relationship he had with his wife.