The make-up artist for Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” apologised on Saturday for offending folks by giving the lead character a prosthetic nostril, however mentioned he solely wished authenticity.

Bernstein, the son of Jewish immigrants to the United States, was a celebrated U.S. conductor and composer, who wrote classical musical and hit musicals like “West Side Story”. Cooper directed, produced co-wrote and stars in “Maestro”, which acquired its premiere in Venice on Saturday.

When the primary trailer of the movie surfaced final month, some critics complained that the nostril pandered to Jewish stereotypes. Bernstein died in 1990 however his grownup youngsters have defended the make-up within the movie, saying their father had had a “nice, big nose”.

Cooper just isn’t in Venice to current his Netflix manufacturing due to a Hollywood actors’ strike that forestalls promotional work. But his make-up designer Kazu Hiro met the press and mentioned he was shocked by the nostril criticism. “I feel sorry that I hurt some people’s feelings. My goal was, Bradley’s goal was to portray Lenny as authentically as possible, and Lenny had an iconic look that everyone knows. There are so many pictures out there,” he mentioned.

“We wanted to respect and love that look,” he mentioned. Hiro mentioned it took two hours to repair the nostril onto Cooper when he was portraying the youthful Bernstein, however as much as 5 hours because the character reached outdated age.

Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie, mentioned that Cooper had concerned the household intently within the improvement of the movie, which focuses on the composer’s relationship along with his spouse, performed by British actor Carey Mulligan, and his bisexuality. “He chose to tell this very intimate story about our parents and to really include my brother, sister and me in his process. And really, we didn’t expect that,” Jamie Bernstein mentioned.

“We never dreamed that he would go to the lengths that he did to include us in his process and to go to these incredible lengths to maintain authenticity,” she added. “Maestro” will play on Netflix from Dec. 20. It is one among 23 films competing for the Golden Lion award on the Venice Film Festival, which runs till Sept. 9.

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