Bradley Cooper put a friendly arm around Carey Mulligan as they stepped out for a lunch hosted by businessman Charles Finch to celebrate their new film Maestro at Maison Assouline in London on Friday.
Actor Bradley, 48, who directed and co-wrote the film and stars as the late American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein in the biopic, posed side by side with Carey, 38, who plays the late Costa Rican-Chilean actress. wife of Leonard, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein.
Showing off his smart yet casual sense of style, Bradley wore an olive green hoodie which he teamed with smart black trousers and some brown suede shoes.
Carey showed off her sharp style cues in a black leather jacket that she wore over a short-sleeved top in the same color.
She opted for black jeans and a pair of black heels for her outing.
Bradley Cooper put his arm around Carey Mulligan at a lunch hosted by businessman Charles Finch to celebrate their new film Maestro at Maison Assouline in London on Friday
Carey showed off her edgy style cues in a black leather jacket that she wore over a short-sleeved top in the same color
British businessman and film producer Charles Finch hosted the lunch and looked dapper in a charcoal gray suit and black top
Maestro tells the story of the relationship between Leonard and his wife Felicia.
It was directed by Bradley from a screenplay he co-wrote with Josh Singer.
The film was produced by Bradley, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, among others.
Bradley said a twist of fate on an airplane helped him make his new Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro.
The star, who starred in and directed the film about the legendary conductor, appeared on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday to talk about the upcoming film.
The Academy Award-nominated star said that at one point during the making of the film he was so frustrated that he wanted to quit.
Bradley said he was able to refocus after a chance meeting on a plane with a woman who asked about the film and said she was the goddaughter of the late composer, who died in October 1990.
He explained, “For me, the moment that happened, it was like Lenny said, 'No, you son of a bitch, you're making this movie.'
Bradley appeared cheerful as he greeted actor and former model Michael Ward at the event
At the star-studded event, (left to right) Michel Ward, Bradley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson posed together
Bradley wore an olive green hoodie which he paired with smart black trousers as he posed with British-Australian film director Tom Hooper (right) at the bash
(L to R) Irish actress Caitriona Balfe, businesswoman Micaela Marconi and Carey were all smiles as they posed together
(L to R) Composer and pianist Max Richter, Carey and film director and artist Sam Taylor-Johnson were deep in conversation over lunch
Bradley stars as legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein in the film opposite Carey, who plays his wife Felicia Montealegre, with the film exploring their relationship.
Bradley stars in the title role opposite Carey, who plays Bernstein's wife Felicia Montealegre, with the film exploring their relationship.
“Every time I saw a picture of Felicia, I kept thinking of Carey Mulligan,” Bradley Howard said of the casting process. 'It was a moment of divine intervention.
“I was just lucky that I was open enough to listen to what this project was telling me to do, which happened a lot in this film.”
Bradley, who previously directed the Oscar-nominated film A Star Is Born, spent six years working on the musical biopic, exploring both Bernstein's life and the world of conductors in detail.
“I spent six years doing it because I'm absolutely obsessed with conducting,” he said.
He used his experience at the helm of an orchestra to conduct Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony.
“What I can almost compare it to was like riding a stallion,” Bradley said, “because it's its own living, breathing organism.
“So you have to be the leader of it and have control over it, and….” [be] the captain, but you also have to respect that it is a powerful organism – and that is what an orchestra is – as it is in front of you.
Casting director Madeleine Ostlie and actress Gwendoline Christie looked stylish as they posed together at the location
Gwendoline wore a pink two-piece pantsuit which she posed with a pair of black heels at lunch
Bradley told Howard that the lead Symphony No. 2 was “heavier than Metallica.”
He added, “I just felt like it was so powerful. It's basically like riding a dragon. It was fucking crazy.”
The cast of the upcoming film includes Maya Hawke, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato, Greg Hildreth, Michael Urie, Brian Klugman, Nick Blaemire, Mallory Portnoy and Sarah Silverman.
Maestro can be seen on Netflix from December 20.