The ‘Maestro’ star and director’s obsession with conducting has surprising origins.
Elmer Fudd’s crusade against Bugs Bunny helped orchestrateBradley Cooper’s fascination with legendary composerLeonard Bernstein.
It marks Cooper’s directorial follow-up to 2018’s acclaimedA Star is Bornremake starringLady Gaga.
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in ‘Maestro’.Netflix
“All the orchestra, this is what they’ve done their entire life.
And I’m sitting there talking like Leonard Bernstein, directing them.
And they’re going, like, ‘Who is this guy?’
You know, and, ‘He’s gonna conduct us?'”
“And by the way, I messed it up the whole first day.”
“It breaks our hearts to see any misrepresentations or misunderstandings of his efforts.”
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