Leonard Bernstein‘s youngsters have defended Bradley Cooper after the actor was criticised for sporting a prosthetic nostril in Maestro, his new biopic in regards to the late Jewish composer-conductor’s life.

Within the trailer for the Netflix movie, which was launched earlier this week, Cooper was seen with a considerably bigger nostril than his actual one, prompting some social media customers to accuse him of taking part in as much as offensive Jewish stereotypes.

The British actress and activist Tracy-Ann Oberman, who’s Jewish, claimed this was ‘the equal of black-face or yellow-face’, writing on Instagram that if Cooper was chosen over a ‘Jewish A-lister who can equally play that position’ then his appearing ought to be ‘so magnificent and truthful that the character of Bernstein shines by what he already appears to be like like’.

When images from the set emerged in Might, the Hollywood Reporter’s chief TV critic Daniel Fienberg known as the prosthetics ‘problematic’ and subsequently described the movie as ‘ethnic cosplay’.

In an announcement posted on-line, nonetheless, Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein wrote: ‘It breaks our hearts to see any misrepresentations or misunderstandings of [Cooper’s] efforts.’

‘It occurs to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a pleasant, large nostril,’ they mentioned. ‘Bradley selected to make use of make-up to amplify his resemblance, and we’re completely superb with that. We’re additionally sure that our dad would have been superb with it as nicely.’

The American Journalist and tech entrepreneur Brian Krassenstein additionally added his voice to the controversy, posting on X, previously often known as Twitter, ‘Chill out! Films are artwork. An actor’s job is to painting the character they play to the most effective of their potential. I am Jewish. My nostril is massive. Many Jewish folks’s noses are massive. It is only a truth.’

Maestro, which examines the connection between Bernstein and his spouse, the actress and activist Felicia Montealegre, is about to premiere on the Venice Movie Pageant in September, earlier than being launched in chosen cinemas in November and on Netflix on 20 December.

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