Bradley Cooper has gotten into trouble after the released teaser for his future Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. After unveiling the trailer, it garnered criticism for his large nose prosthetic.

Cooper plays the famed Jewish composer as he navigates the ups and downs of his marriage to Felicia Montealegre. When people noticed that Cooper was wearing a large fake nose, they criticized the studio and called out how his nose was a part of Jewish stereotypes.

However, Bernstein’s children jumped into Cooper’s defense and revealed they had approved everything the film had done. According to their statement on X, Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein felt the director-actor’s portrayal and deep dive into their father was respectful and flattering. “It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose,” the statement reads. “Bradley chose to use makeup to amplify his resemblance, and we’re perfectly fine with that.” They conclude their thread by claiming that the people calling out their father were continuing a trend of “disingenuous attempts to bring a successful person down a notch,” which they claim to have seen in their aura.

(1/6) From Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein:
Bradley Cooper included the three of us along every step of his amazing journey as he made his film about our father. pic.twitter.com/y9xZWDotJe

— Leonard Bernstein (@LennyBernstein) August 16, 2023

The whole situation has opened a severe conversation revolving around non-Jewish actors playing Jewish characters and its effects on the population. In a statement by Sarah Silverman, she claims that the problem lies in how these performers are ”not just playing people who happen to be Jewish but people whose Jewishness is their whole being.”

While the Bernsteins have approved Cooper’s efforts, it still warrants a discussion about how most Jewish actors cannot find fully fleshed-out roles for themselves. “And in a time when the importance of representation is seen as so essential and so front and center, why does ours constantly get breached even today in the thick of it?” Sarah Silverman says

So far, Cooper has not commented on the situation, but he will continue to market the film, which will be released just before summer.