'Maestro' producer Kristie Macosko Krieger responds to the backlash over casting Carey Mulligan for the role of Felicia Montealegre, a Costa Rican actress. She also said how Leonard Bernstein's daughters praised Carey's performance.
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Earlier, people had criticized the use of prosthetics on Bradley Cooper in the film. People noted how the use of a prosthetic nose is problematic for the depiction of the Jewish music composer. 바카라Maestro바카라 has been produced by Martin Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The movie is streaming on Netflix.