Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan inMaestro(2023).Photo:Courtesy of NetflixBradley CooperandCarey Mulligandug deep forMaestro.In an interview for Mulligan’s NovemberVoguecover, conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Cooper discussed how he and his costar prepared to play composerLeonard Bernsteinand his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre.“I knew her ability,” Cooper, 48, toldVogue. “All I asked of her was to please do the prep with me; I said, ‘Will you go down this road where we’re basically going to bare our souls to each other?’ And she was like, ‘Okay, let’s do it, I’m game.’ ”Mulligan, 38, said forMaestroshe underwent “the most intense preparation I’ve ever done for a film,” including doing justice to everything from Montealegre’s accent to the relationship between her and Bernstein.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Carey Mulligan on the cover ofVogue’s November 2023 issue.Jack Davison for VogueThat preparation, the actress toldVogue, involved a “dream workshop” with Cooper, who also directed and co-wrote the film.“I guess Bradley’s been doing this kind of thing forever, using your dreams to connect your subconscious to the character’s, but it was new to me,” Mulligan said. “But I had to go all in.”Calling the connection between the famed composer and his wife “profound,” Mulligan added, “They lit each other up. You can hear it: There are tapes of them trading anecdotes and it’s like they’re dancing.”The two-timeOscarnominee added thatMaestrois not a biopic — rather, “It’s a movie about a marriage. A very complicated marriage.“Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper inMaestro(2023).Courtesy of NetflixAfterMaestromade its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivallast month, critics shared largely positive reviews of the new movie, which marks Cooper’s next directorial effort after 2018’sA Star Is Born.“We expect that the movie is going to ‘explain’ their relationship,“Varietycritic Owen Gleiberman wrote of howMaestroapproaches Cooper and Mulligan’s characters. “Cooper does something more audacious: He presents it, from every angle, in all its mystery, as a romantic partnership as unique as any other.“Total Filmcritic Jane Crowther compared the movie to last year’sTÁR,which starredCate Blanchettas a fictional composer who studied under Bernstein.“This year, she can — literally and figuratively — pass the baton to Bradley Cooper, who disappears inside his performance as Leonard Bernstein,” Crowther wrote, adding that Cooper and Mulligan “are organically believable as a partnership, dancing around each other linguistically in a way that’s thrilling to watch.“Maestrois on Netflix Dec. 20.
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan inMaestro(2023).Photo:Courtesy of Netflix
Courtesy of Netflix
Bradley CooperandCarey Mulligandug deep forMaestro.In an interview for Mulligan’s NovemberVoguecover, conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Cooper discussed how he and his costar prepared to play composerLeonard Bernsteinand his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre.“I knew her ability,” Cooper, 48, toldVogue. “All I asked of her was to please do the prep with me; I said, ‘Will you go down this road where we’re basically going to bare our souls to each other?’ And she was like, ‘Okay, let’s do it, I’m game.’ ”Mulligan, 38, said forMaestroshe underwent “the most intense preparation I’ve ever done for a film,” including doing justice to everything from Montealegre’s accent to the relationship between her and Bernstein.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Carey Mulligan on the cover ofVogue’s November 2023 issue.Jack Davison for VogueThat preparation, the actress toldVogue, involved a “dream workshop” with Cooper, who also directed and co-wrote the film.“I guess Bradley’s been doing this kind of thing forever, using your dreams to connect your subconscious to the character’s, but it was new to me,” Mulligan said. “But I had to go all in.”Calling the connection between the famed composer and his wife “profound,” Mulligan added, “They lit each other up. You can hear it: There are tapes of them trading anecdotes and it’s like they’re dancing.”The two-timeOscarnominee added thatMaestrois not a biopic — rather, “It’s a movie about a marriage. A very complicated marriage.“Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper inMaestro(2023).Courtesy of NetflixAfterMaestromade its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivallast month, critics shared largely positive reviews of the new movie, which marks Cooper’s next directorial effort after 2018’sA Star Is Born.“We expect that the movie is going to ‘explain’ their relationship,“Varietycritic Owen Gleiberman wrote of howMaestroapproaches Cooper and Mulligan’s characters. “Cooper does something more audacious: He presents it, from every angle, in all its mystery, as a romantic partnership as unique as any other.“Total Filmcritic Jane Crowther compared the movie to last year’sTÁR,which starredCate Blanchettas a fictional composer who studied under Bernstein.“This year, she can — literally and figuratively — pass the baton to Bradley Cooper, who disappears inside his performance as Leonard Bernstein,” Crowther wrote, adding that Cooper and Mulligan “are organically believable as a partnership, dancing around each other linguistically in a way that’s thrilling to watch.“Maestrois on Netflix Dec. 20.
Bradley CooperandCarey Mulligandug deep forMaestro.
In an interview for Mulligan’s NovemberVoguecover, conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Cooper discussed how he and his costar prepared to play composerLeonard Bernsteinand his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre.
“I knew her ability,” Cooper, 48, toldVogue. “All I asked of her was to please do the prep with me; I said, ‘Will you go down this road where we’re basically going to bare our souls to each other?’ And she was like, ‘Okay, let’s do it, I’m game.’ ”
Mulligan, 38, said forMaestroshe underwent “the most intense preparation I’ve ever done for a film,” including doing justice to everything from Montealegre’s accent to the relationship between her and Bernstein.
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Carey Mulligan on the cover ofVogue’s November 2023 issue.Jack Davison for Vogue
Jack Davison for Vogue
That preparation, the actress toldVogue, involved a “dream workshop” with Cooper, who also directed and co-wrote the film.
“I guess Bradley’s been doing this kind of thing forever, using your dreams to connect your subconscious to the character’s, but it was new to me,” Mulligan said. “But I had to go all in.”
Calling the connection between the famed composer and his wife “profound,” Mulligan added, “They lit each other up. You can hear it: There are tapes of them trading anecdotes and it’s like they’re dancing.”
The two-timeOscarnominee added thatMaestrois not a biopic — rather, “It’s a movie about a marriage. A very complicated marriage.”
Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper inMaestro(2023).Courtesy of Netflix
AfterMaestromade its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivallast month, critics shared largely positive reviews of the new movie, which marks Cooper’s next directorial effort after 2018’sA Star Is Born.
“We expect that the movie is going to ‘explain’ their relationship,“Varietycritic Owen Gleiberman wrote of howMaestroapproaches Cooper and Mulligan’s characters. “Cooper does something more audacious: He presents it, from every angle, in all its mystery, as a romantic partnership as unique as any other.”
Total Filmcritic Jane Crowther compared the movie to last year’sTÁR,which starredCate Blanchettas a fictional composer who studied under Bernstein.
“This year, she can — literally and figuratively — pass the baton to Bradley Cooper, who disappears inside his performance as Leonard Bernstein,” Crowther wrote, adding that Cooper and Mulligan “are organically believable as a partnership, dancing around each other linguistically in a way that’s thrilling to watch.”
Maestrois on Netflix Dec. 20.
source: people.com
