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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Iris Goldsztajn

Bradley Cooper Ignited Controversy With Prosthetic Nose for Role of Jewish Musician Leonard Bernstein

Kate Eastman, Bradley Cooper and Matt Bomer are seen filming "Maestro" in Central Park on June 06, 2022 in New York City.

In upcoming Netflix movie Maestro, Bradley Cooper portrays prominent 20th century musician, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, opposite Carey Mulligan, who plays his wife Felicia Montealegre.

In order to play Bernstein over the decades, Cooper wears elaborate makeup throughout the film, which includes a large prosthetic nose—which struck onlookers as attempting to approximate a stereotypical "Jewish" nose. Cooper is not Jewish, while Bernstein was.

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