While Maestro is shaping up to be one of the best Netflix movies judging by the early positive buzz, the biopic about Leonard Bernstein hasn’t escaped controversy. Specifically, director and lead actor Bradley Cooper was accused earlier this year of “Jewface” because he wore a prosthetic nose while playing the conductor. Now the filmmaker has now broken his silence about the controversy and why he decided to alter his appearance for the role.
Ahead of Maestro’s limited theatrical release kicking off, Cooper and co-star Carey Mulligan, who plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre, stopped by CBS Mornings to promote the movie that Netflix subscribers will be able to stream in late December. The prosthetic nose was among the topics discussed, and Cooper started off saying that he did this project “out of love,” then noted how his real nose is actually “very similar” to Bernstein’s and described the prosthetic as “like a silk sheet.” He then continued:
