The Kyoto local later watched Bernstein in a video on Chinese television. Hiro said,” I was actually inspired by what he was talking about.” Eventually, I want to work on a movie about Leonard Bernstein, I thought, you know.
Then, in 2020, he received a call from Cooper, who wrote, co-wrote, and co-starred in Maestro, which examines Bernstein’s relationship with actress Felicia Montealegre ( Carey Mulligan ).
Hiro remarked,” It’s really a love project.” ” Bradley and I adore Leonard Bernstein a lot.”
Over OF RETENTION
Hiro learned how to alter a face’s outlines through trial and error in Japan at the beginning of his career. He immigrated to the United States in the 1990s, and he eventually rose to the position of being one of Hollywood’s most sought-after beauty designers.
Hiro has collaborated on dozens of A-list movies, including Eddie Murphy’s Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, which morphed Jim Carrey into the adored Dr. Seuss personality.
However, after receiving two Oscar nominations, including for Norbit, once starring Murphy, and Click with Adam Sandler, Hiro walked ahead, “retiring” in 2012 and vowing to devote the next phase of his career to artwork.
But, Tinseltown soon attracted him up. For Darkest Hour ( 2017 ), Gary Oldman transformed into Winston Churchill, which earned him his first Oscar.
In Bombshell, Charlize Theron transformed into broadcast journalist Megyn Kelly, he received yet another fantastic statuette two years later.
Working with Cooper was a no-brainer given his personal relation to the subject matter.
“PERFECTIONIST”
When Cooper and Hiro initially met in 2020, they discussed how to properly reflect Bernstein throughout the almost 50-year course the movie covers.
Cooper, a 49-year-old man, was forced to look younger in five different phases of the film, according to the beauty designer.
Preproduction lasted more than anticipated , in large part as a result of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the complexity of the project.
It took two and a half hours to transform Cooper into a fresh Bernstein. The artist was in the armchair for about five days “because he had to be covered from head to toe,” according to Hiro, and the center stage required three hours.
Hiro remarked,” We are both sort of a perfectionist.” He” conjured Leonard Bernstein from the inside out .”
CRITICISM IS” DIFFICULT”
However, that creative achievement presented additional difficulties. There was a lot of criticism about Cooper’s use of a large robotic nasal when Netflix released the first trailer for the movie last year, with some saying the portrayal of the Jewish master reflected anti-Semitic tropes.
Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein’s children joined the film’s protection, saying they were “perfectly good” with the choice and adding:” It turns out that Leonard Bernstein had a great, big head.
Hiro acknowledges that it was a “difficult” second. The actor said,” I was definitely confused about it. It took me a thus to [digest it], I thought. We admired Leonard Bernstein a lot. And he also had that head.
Beyond the social internet outcry, Bernstein’s confidants in Hiro claimed that Cooper’s endless hours of research and analysis had paid off:” Exactly like Lenny.”
He said,” That kind of proves that our target was reached,” which appears to be confirmed by Hiro’s second Oscar nomination.
The performer and his team are the favorites to defeat teams from Poor Points, Oppenheimer, The Society of the Snow, and Golda to take home the award for outstanding beauty and hairdressing at the Oscars dinner on March 10.