{"id":40462,"date":"2023-11-24T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1932498"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:44:05","slug":"maestro-true-story-leonard-bernsteins-children-on-new-film","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/maestro-true-story-leonard-bernsteins-children-on-new-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Maestro true story: Leonard Bernstein\u2019s children on new film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie Bernstein, Nina Bernstein Simmons and producer Kristie Macosko Krieger speak to RadioTimes.com about the new film. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 24 November 2023 at 10:00 AM<\/p>

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Five years after announcing himself as a major new directorial voice with his first film behind the camera, Bradley Cooper is back with his second feature: Maestro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The film is based on the life of legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein \u2013 played by Cooper himself \u2013 with specific attention paid to his relationship with Felicia Montealegre, a Costa Rican TV actress to whom he was married for 27 years.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> ahead of release, producer Kristie Macosko Krieger explained why the marriage was chosen as the main focus of the film rather than a more traditional cradle-to-grave biography of Bernstein\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that you can make a movie just about Leonard Bernstein and that should be a documentary \u2013 because there\u2019s so much footage of him and there are so many photographs of him,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201c[But] the best way to actually make a film for audiences [so] that they will learn something new and different that they couldn\u2019t<\/em> learn in a documentary is to actually dive into the relationship \u2013 their love story, their marriage, their family, and how all of that plays against artistry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read on for more information about the Maestro true story \u2013 including exclusive input from Leonard Bernstein\u2019s children.<\/p>\n

Maestro true story: how accurate is it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n