Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein Movie Casts Maya Hawke
Stranger Things actress Maya Hawke has joined the star-studded lineup of Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro, that is in development at Netflix. Written by Cooper and Josh Singer (Spotlight, The Post), Maestro revolves around the complex love story of Bernstein and Felicia Cohn Montealegre in a story that spans over 30 years, from their first meeting at a party in 1946, and continuing through two on-off engagements, three children, 25 years of marriage, and as Bernstein struggled to come to terms with his own sexual orientation.
Now, as per THR, Maya Hawke has been announced as the latest addition to the cast of Maestro, joining the likes of Cooper himself, Matt Bomer (Doom Patrol), Carey Mulligan (Drive), and Jeremy Strong (Succession). Hawke has been tapped to play the role of Leonard Bernstein's daughter, Jamie. While Netflix is yet to reveal a release date for the biopic, production is set to begin in New York next month, with Cooper, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Fred Berner, and Amy Durning hopping on board as producers.
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Hawke shot to stardom after appearing as a series regular in Stranger Things season 3 as Robin Buckley, where she rapidly established herself as a fan-favorite character. She also features in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Netflix's 2021 horror flick Fear Street: 1994, and is set to appear in Wes Anderson's next feature film, Asteroid City. Maintaining her strong relationship with Netflix, Maestro marks Hawke's first collaboration with Oscar-nominee Cooper in what could potentially be yet another solid entry into her filmography and
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