Matt Bomer to play Bradley Cooper’s love interest in Leonard Bernstein biopic
Matt Bomer is reportedly in early talks to join the cast of Netflix’s upcoming Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro. The highly-anticipated drama, which has Bradley Cooper directing and starring as the acclaimed composer, will be produced by Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Fred Burner and Amy Durning.
Carey Mulligan has been confirmed to play Costa Rican-American actress and Bernstein’s wife Felicia Cohn Montealegre. Bernstein never publicly disclosed his sexuality, although he left Montealegre in 1976 for Tom Cothran, the musical director of the classical radio station KKHI in San Francisco.
They reconciled the following year after Montealegre was diagnosed with lung cancer. Bernstein cared for her until her death in 1978.
According to Variety, Bomer will star alongside Cooper and Mulligan as a “clarinet player with whom Bernstein had a brief relationship”.
