Bradley Cooper: Leonard Bernstein's family defend actor over Maestro nose row

The household of Leonard Bernstein person defended histrion Bradley Cooper successful a enactment implicit his biopic of the precocious composer.

The archetypal trailer for Maestro, which Cooper some directs and stars in, was released earlier this week.

It attracted immoderate criticism implicit the size of Cooper's nose, which immoderate societal media users said played up to violative Jewish stereotypes.

But Bernstein's household said they were "perfectly fine" with Cooper utilizing make-up to "amplify" his appearance.

There has besides been disapproval that a Jewish histrion was not formed to play the West Side Story composer.

"It breaks our hearts to spot immoderate misrepresentations oregon misunderstandings of [Cooper's] efforts," wrote Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein successful a statement.

"It happens to beryllium existent that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, large nose. Bradley chose to usage make-up to amplify his resemblance, and we're perfectly good with that. We're besides definite that our dada would person been good with it arsenic well."

They continued: "Any strident complaints astir this contented onslaught america supra each arsenic disingenuous attempts to bring a palmy idiosyncratic down a notch - a signifier we observed each excessively often perpetrated connected our ain father.

"At each times during the making of this film, we could consciousness the profound respect and yes, the emotion that Bradley brought to his representation of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, our parent Felicia. We consciousness truthful fortunate to person had this acquisition with Bradley, and we can't hold for the satellite to spot his creation."

Bernstein's household added that Cooper had "included the 3 of america on each measurement of his astonishing travel arsenic helium made his movie astir our father".

"We were touched to the halfway to witnesser the extent of his commitment, his loving clasp of our father's music, and the sheer open-hearted joyousness helium brought to his exploration."