Boiling down an entire performance to one important, key scene for an actor is no easy task. But The Envelope asked these directors and producers to give it a shot.
Behind the camera for the second time after netting a pile of Oscar nods for 2018’s A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper directs himself as Leonard Bernstein, wearing a controversial prosthetic nose and cultivating significant chemistry with Carey Mulligan, playing Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre. Where A Star is Born established Cooper as a Serious Filmmaker, Maestro finds him taking big swings in an attempt to be a True Artist – and regardless of whether his gambit works or not, we should be grateful that he isn’t content to deliver yet another bland biopic.
Bradley Cooper is again all hands on deck for his sophomore feature film. Cooper said “A Star is Born” was about Lady Gaga’s voice, and “Maestro” about Leonard Bernstein’s music.