Bradley Cooper is currently busy in New York shooting the movie, Maestro, in which he plays the legendary composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein.
Bernstein, who died in 1990 and is probably best remembered for scoring West Side Story, was gay. However, rising to prominence in the 1950s, he kept his sexuality a public secret and even married a woman, with whom he remained married until she died in 1978.
It’s uncertain what exact aspects of Bernstein’s life Maestro will cover, but clearly, his sexuality is addressed. Yesterday, paparazzi photographers caught Cooper, 47, in character, sharing a tender kiss with co-star Matt Bomer, 44.
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The scene was shot on a sidewalk beside a Manhattan park. Bomer is playing a clarinet player with whom Bernstein had a brief romance. Joining the actors at one stage was Kate Eastman, who plays the wife of Bomer’s character.
TMZ and the Daily Mail ran several photos of the scene being filmed. Cooper, as well as starring in the movie, is also its director.
Bradley Cooper is living life through the late Leonard Bernstein’s eyes while he shoots a movie about the guy’s life — which translated to a kissing scene with Matt Bomer this week. https://t.co/3N07CJ02Hm
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 7, 2022
Bradley Cooper and Matt Bomer shared a kiss on the set of their new movie #Maestro in NYC. See the pics:https://t.co/w6Jgsj3Jv3
— JustJared.com (@JustJared) June 6, 2022
After kissing Bomer, Cooper—as Bernstein—was filmed skipping happily down the street and waving his arms in joy.
Maestro is being filmed for Netflix. Last week, the streamer released the first official photos from the movie, showing both Cooper as Bernstein later in life, and as a younger Bernstein, alongside Carey Mulligan, who plays his wife of almost three decades, Felicia.
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A release date for the movie has not yet been announced.
Polaro
Two of my favorites.
JPB
I’d love to kiss Matt Bomer! Can’t wait to see this movie.
johncp56
Get over it, cement kiss use no open mouth, and both are pro actors, I hope the movie is really good though
Kangol2
I’m a fan of Leonard Bernstein’s conducting and music so I’ll be watching it no matter how it turns out, but it is interesting that the article doesn’t mention one of the controversies swirling around the film: some Bernstein fans have complained that Cooper, who is not Jewish, is playing a Jewish character and wearing a prosthetic nose. (Mulligan also is playing a Jewish character, Felicia Cohn Montealegre Bernstein, but I haven’t seen complaints about her.) Ironically I also haven’t seen complaints that Cooper, who is straight, is playing a gay character. Given that actors wear prosthetics all the time I don’t think it’s a big deal, and there is a long history of non-Jewish actors playing Jewish characters. I personally don’t have an issue with this, but some people clearly do. I will say that that shot of Cooper as the older Bernstein looks so much like the real Bernstein it’s amazing. At first I thought it was an archival photo.
humble charlie
i thought it was bernstein too, but then i realized his bradley cooper’s nose was a tiny bit too small.
as for bradley cooper, years ago i had heard rumors of bradley cooper being a tiny bit gay. but then they say that about most male actors.
JJinAus
There is a picture of Bradley in west Hollywood at some gay bar, apparently out of it. I don’t know how you wind up at a gay bar if you’re straight, but hey. He has his equipment out and I can tell you, it is mighty impressive. I have the pic, it’s from about 20 years ago.
jp47
Hey JJinAus do you have a link to the photo of Cooper at the gay bar. We are interested for, uh research purposes.