Bradley Cooper is accused of “goofes” in the new “Maestro” movie

Bradley Cooper came under fire for spreading stereotypes about the Jewish community after the trailer for his upcoming biopic on Leonard Bernstein, Musical band leaderExpose his artificial nose.

Netflix unveiled the first Teaser From the movie in which the 48-year-old actor plays the role of the legendary Jewish orchestra conductor. He wears an artificial nose. Some netizens later took aim at his appearance, and proved through photos that Leonard Bernstein’s nose was not close to theirs. One user wrote: “The real Leonard Bernstein didn’t have the funny nose that Bradley Cooper wears in the movie Maestro. It seems completely pointless to go in that direction given the uncanny resemblance.”

an actressEastEndersTracy Ann Oberman, who is Jewish, also denounced the actor’s decision to wear a fake nose. If Bradley Cooper could play elephant, human The 56-year-old comedian said that without any prostheses, he should be able to play a Jewish man without the need for prostheses, especially a “Jewish” nose. Page six. If he needs to wear a prosthetic nose, it is for me and many people the equivalent of a black face or a yellow face. »

However, the star West WingJoshua Malina, who is also Jewish, endorsed Bradley Cooper, saying his nose was designed to look “like a real person”.

He added, “Jews don’t have bigger noses than others, yes Leonard Bernstein. That’s all I can say.”

Co-written and directed by Bradley Cooper and produced by Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese, the film also stars Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Strong and Maya Hawke. Musical band leader It will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September. It will be released in select theaters on November 22nd before becoming available on Netflix from December 20th.