Who knows if it’ll work because we’re going to do it live, but it either works, or it doesn’t.” “We just cast these incredible singers, it’s going to be… I can’t even. “[And I’ll be there live, conducting it with a 180-chorus, 74-piece orchestra. “It’s one of the largest gothic cathedrals in the world,” Cooper told the podcast hosts. 2 in C minor) at Ely Cathedral in England. Robbins most notably conceived, choreographed and directed Bernstein’s West Side Story which opened on Broadway in 1957, so it’s likely we can expect to see the musical featured in the upcoming film.Īlongside Bernstein’s own music, Cooper revealed to the Smartless podcast hosts last year that as part of the biopic, the titular character will be seen conducting Gustav Mahler’s expansive Resurrection Symphony (Symphony No. What music will feature in the Maestro soundtrack?īernstein’s own music will feature in the film, as Cooper acquired the rights from the Bernstein estate to do so in 2020, putting an end to a potential spat with actor Jake Gyllenhaal who was also planning a biopic on the conductor.įrom the casting details of the film, American actor Michael Urie is listed as portraying Jerome Robbins, an American dancer and choreographer. Read more: Bradley Cooper reveals he is classically trained and ‘has spent hundreds of hours conducting’Ĭooper with ‘A Star is Born’ co-star Lady Gaga and Steven Spielberg. Spielberg agreed, and while watching a colouring of A Star is Born, the director was so impressed by the film that he told Cooper, “You’re ****ing directing Maestro”. “So, I asked him to watch A Star is Born (the actor’s directorial debut), and I said, ‘if you like it, can I research Leonard Bernstein and figure out what the story could be?’” “I asked him, ‘are you really gonna direct this?’ And he said, ‘I’m probably not going to direct this’. “And he told me about this project called Maestro. “ happened to know I had this obsession with conducting,” Cooper said on the late-night talk show. Read more: Steven Spielberg confirms a documentary on film music legend John Williams is comingīradley Cooper reveals how Steven Spielberg told him he'd be directing Maestro But as Cooper told Stephen Colbert on a late-night show last year, the director ended up passing on the project to the A Star is Born actor instead. When the first murmurs of a biopic about Bernstein began, Spielberg himself was considering directing the proposed film. Golden Globe-winning actor Matt Bomer plays the clarinettist David Oppenheim, while American actress Maya Hawke plays Bernstein’s eldest daughter, Jamie.Īmong the high-profile producers involved in the film are legendary American directors Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. The film has received some backlash from the Latinx community due to Mulligan’s casting, as Felicia Montealegre was Chilean-American. Playing Bernstein’s wife is Cooper’s co-star, British actress Carey Mulligan. Who is directing and starring in Maestro?Ĭooper is both directing the musical biopic and starring as its titular character, Leonard Bernstein. Read more: Jamie Bernstein: ‘Sondheim was like an uncle’ and West Side Story a ‘fourth sibling’Ĭarey Mulligan as Felicia Cohn Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein. We’re really struck by the fact that this was the aspect of the story that Bradley decided to focus on and we’re very excited about the actress who is going to play our mother.” “It’s a portrait of our parent’s marriage so it’s about something very specific and very personal for us. Jamie Bernstein told Classic FM in 2022, “We’re very touched actually, that it’s not a biopic, strictly speaking, it doesn’t tell the story of Leonard Bernstein from birth to death.
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