Finally hitting Netflix this week, the road to Maestro has indeed been a long one. The biographical drama which tells the story of the great composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein was originally meant to be helmed by Martin Scorsese. However, choosing instead to focus on his gangster epic The Irishman, Scorsese stepped down and the project soon landed in the hands of none other than Steven Spielberg. Given that at the time he was working on his version of West Side Story, which features music by Bernstein, it just "made sense" as Spielberg’s producing partner Kristie Macosko Krieger tells GamesRadar+.
The wheels were set in motion with Bradley Cooper being cast in the role of Bernstein, but once again plans started to stall when it became clear that Spielberg may not have time to direct the movie. Not wanting to see Maestro hitting the brakes again, Cooper gave Spielberg’s team a call, inviting them to watch an early cut of his directorial debut A Star is Born.
