Bradley Cooper to direct Carey Mulligan in upcoming film

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The cast of Bradley Cooper's next film as director is starting to take shape.

After announcing that he would also play the role of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in a new biopic, the star confirmed to have found his "leading lady" in the person of Carey Mulligan.

The British actress will be

starring in

, for Netflix, as the wife of

author

Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

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"I'm not by nature a lecturer... When I teach I ask a lot of questions of my students and I like very much to learn from them."

-Leonard Bernstein The Infinite Variety of a Musician, 1957.

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The film will tell the love story, "complex" according to Deadline, between the Maestro and his wife.

Bradley Cooper left nothing to chance and worked with the composer's family for three years to ensure the story lived up to the legend.

And he seems to have hit the nail on the head.

“We are absolutely delighted that Carey Mulligan is playing our mom in

.

Carey will certainly capture Felicia's unique combination of wit, warmth, elegant beauty and depth of emotion.

We also love the way Carey conveys a very European sort of fairytale grace, which our mother also embodied, ”Jamie Bernstein told the publication.

Shared passion

Bradley Cooper was also excited about the casting of Carey Mulligan, whose career he says he has followed for a long time.

“I have been struck by Carey since I saw her on stage many years ago, and I haven't missed a single performance since.

I am very honored to work with such an enormous talent and such a kind person as Carey, ”he said.

Filming for

due to start next spring, but Netflix has yet to confirm a release date for the highly anticipated film, as it is Bradley Cooper's first after the

.

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