Bradley Cooper’s 70-Year-Old ‘Maestro’ Makeup ‘Took Over Five Hours’ to Get On; Prosthetics Team Got to Set at 1 A.M. Each Day to Transform Him
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Working on Bradley Cooper‘s “Maestro” meant incredibly long hours for prosthetics master Kazu Hiro and his makeup team.
Hiro, an Oscar winner for transforming Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for “The Darkest Hour,” revealed at the New York Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly) that he needed to be on set at 1 a.m.
during parts of the film where Bradley Cooper appears as Leonard Bernstein in his 70s. “The last stage, he had covered pretty much everywhere, the bodysuit and arms.
That took over five hours,” Hiro revealed. “The last stage, the whole time, our call time was one in the morning. The other thing was he wanted makeup to be finished before the crew call, so he would appear as Lenny to set up the shoot and everything.
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