Bradley Cooper has tapped Carey Mulligan to play Felicia, the wife of legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, in his upcoming Netflix musical drama Maestro.
Mulligan joins Cooper's directorial follow-up to A Star Is Born. Cooper co-wrote Maestro with Josh Singer and will direct and produce.
The movie portrays a love story between Leonard and Felicia over 30 years, from when they met in 1946 and through a 25-year marriage and three children: Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein and Nina Bernstein Simmons. "We're absolutely thrilled that Carey Mulligan will play our mother in Maestro.
Carey will surely capture Felicia's unique combination of wit, warmth, elegant beauty and depth of emotion," Jamie Bernstein said in a statement..
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