Bradley Cooper joined the list of A-list actors who became directors when he starred in and directed A Star Is Born. In Cooper’s upcoming entry part of the Netflix movie schedule, he’ll not only wear wild makeup to portray composer Leonard Bernstein, but will also sit in the director’s chair again. Originally, Steven Spielberg was going to direct Maestro, but gave the reins over to The Hangover actor after seeing 20 minutes of A Star Is Born. You better believe an f-bomb response from Spielberg was involved.
Martin Scorsese was going to be the original director of Maestro until the epic gangster film The Irishman fell into his lap. Then, Steven Spielberg agreed to direct the biopic, but felt he wouldn’t have time to do it and stepped down to produce it instead. Spielberg’s producing partner Kristie Macosko Krieger told Total Film that a screening of A Star Is Born convinced the Jaws director that Maestro’s lead Bradley Cooper should be taking over as director. Here’s his f-bomb response to the Silver Linings Playbook actor after just 20 minutes of the 2018 movie played:
