Hollywood Star Bradley Cooper Under Attack for Alleged ‘Jewface’ in Upcoming Movie
Bradley Cooper is in hot water. The 48-year-old star of the upcoming movie “Maestro” is facing widespread criticism over his depiction of the famed composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. The film, which was…
Bradley Cooper is in hot water.
The 48-year-old star of the upcoming movie “Maestro” is facing widespread criticism over his depiction of the famed composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
The film, which was co-written, produced and directed by Cooper, is a biographical romance that tells the story of Bernstein’s career and his 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre.
However, netizens were quick to point out Cooper’s wearing a prosthetic nose that was presumably intended to make him look more Jewish.
“Hollywood cast Bradley Cooper — a non Jew — to play Jewish legend Leonard Bernstein and stuck a disgusting exaggerated ‘Jew nose’ on him,” StopAntisemitism wrote on X.
“All while saying no to Jake Gyllenhaal, an actually Jewish man, who has dreamt of playing Bernstein for decades,” they added. “Sickening.”
Ben J. Freeman, a columnist at The Jerusalem Post, similarly accused Cooper of “erasing” Jews.
“Bradley Cooper should not be playing Leonard Bernstein,” he wrote. “He should not be wearing a prosthetic nose. This is Jew-face & is as serous & offensive as Black-face or the racialising of other minorities. Stop erasing Jews. Stop erasing Jew-hate. Jews do count.
Yet not all Jewish commentators agree. Among them was Howard Feldman, who described the controversy as “absolute rubbish.”