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'Maestro' Producer On Controversy Over Casting Carey Mulligan: She Got The Approval Of The Family

'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.

Bradley Cooper바카라s upcoming movie, Maestro
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The 2023 autobiographical film, 바카라Maestro바카라 which revolves around the relationship between American music composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre had found itself deep in controversies even before its release. Responding to one of these controversies, the movie바카라s producer Kristie Macosko Krieger has broken her silence on the chatter around casting Carey Mulligan for the role of Felicia who was a Costa Rican actress.

In an exclusive conversation with GamesRadar+, Kristie Macosko Krieger said Bernstein바카라s family had approved the casting of Mulligan for the role. Since the family was fine with it, they knew they were 바카라doing it right.바카라 Krieger also mentioned that it was originally Bradley Cooper바카라s idea to cast Mulligan for the role. She said, 바카라I think she바카라s a national treasure and whilst she바카라s always been great, this material allowed her to go deeper, to give a beautifully nuanced performance. She knew how to be the rock at the center of the movie 바카라 in some ways she바카라s actually the maestro.바카라

It has been reported that Leonard Bernstein바카라s daughters have praised Mulligan바카라s performance in 바카라Maestro.바카라 Nina said, 바카라She바카라s incredible 바카라 especially as she didn바카라t have much material to study, just some YouTube clips of her TV work and our home movies. I don바카라t know how she managed to capture our mom바카라s fragility, strength, and vulnerability 바카라 all of those layers.바카라 Echoing the same sentiment, Nina바카라s sister Jamie also had good things to say about her mother바카라s portrayal on screen. She mentioned how if her mother were alive, she would have loved the performance.

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.

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