Teacher: First look at Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic

Cameras have started rolling relatively recently, but we already have a first look at Bradley Cooper’s latest co-script, direct and starring work. Teacherin which he embodies the legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

While Cooper was first contacted by Steven Spielberg to act, the actor asked if he could accept the project behind the scenes as well, since Teacher began to stay on Spielberg’s to-do list.

The drama spans more than 30 years and chronicles Bernstein’s fascinating career: he made his conductor debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 25, when he had to intervene on short notice due to a colleague’s illness. . He did so well that his star was released the next day when his feat hit the cover of. The New York Times.

He was blacklisted before being cleared of being a Communist shortly before composing the Oscar-nominated score in the sea voyage, and has been an activist in the civil rights movement, talking about issues like the end of the Vietnam War. However, the main theme of the film is the complex story of the marriage between Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre (played by Carey Mulligan).

Perhaps the most impressive element here is the trick that transforms Cooper into the Bernstein of the 1980s, an extraordinary feat that makes him almost unrecognizable.

Cooper co-wrote the script with the Academy Award-winning actor stands out Josh Singer writes. The cast also includes Matt Bomer and Maya Hawke, and the film will hit theaters ahead of Netflix’s release next year.