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As Bradley Cooper has successfully gifted his directorial skills to another movie, the actor has sparked a controversy surrounding a specific rule followed on his set. It turned out that the director of the upcomingMaestrodoesn’t allow chairs in his workplace He believes sitting on chairs amidst work causes a dip in energy and has garnered an intense backlash for banning chairs on the set.
It is not the first time we are in the middle of a no-chair-on-set controversy. Earlier, Christopher Nolan was also accused of following the same rule by several actors. Despite the immensely positive reception to his upcoming directorial, Bradley Cooper has attracted a lot of intense reactions from fans who have deemed it inhumane to let the actors work under such conditions.
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Bradley Cooper’s on-set rule attracts backlash
FollowingA Star is Born,Bradley Cooperhas contributed his skills to another movie,Maestro.It is based on the life of composer Leonard Bernstein and his relationship with his wife, Felicia Montealegre. While the movie has garnered positive responses from its limited theatrical release, Cooper’s large prosthetic nose and weird on-set rule have raised some controversies.
Speaking to director Lee Spike for aVarietyinterview, theSilver Linings Playbookactor unveiled his weird, on-set rule of banning chairs. He elaborated that he hates chairs and video village on his set as sitting causes a dip in energy, which can be detrimental for work.
“But when I direct, I don’t watch playback. There’s no chairs. I’ve always hated chairs on sets; your energy dips the minute you sit down in a chair. There’s no video village.”
This has been deemed inhumane by many viewers as very unfair, given that many shootings go on for prolonged hours. Though many fans acknowledged that the actor spoke about sitting on apple boxes in a specific part of the interview, not everyone is satisfied with that. Earlier this year, Robert Downey Jr. also spoke about the absence of chairs fromOppenheimer‘s set.
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Does Christopher Nolan follow the same rule as well?
Even before Bradley Cooper, the critically acclaimed directorChristopher Nolanwas involved in this same controversy as well. It was Anne Hathaway who accused the director of this nightmarish practice earlier in 2020 during aVarietysegment with Hugh Jackman. While speaking about theInceptiondirector’s rule of no cellphones, the actress also raised the topic of the ban on chairs.
“Chris also doesn’t allow chairs. I worked with him twice. He doesn’t allow chairs, and his reasoning is, if you have chairs, people will sit, and if they’re sitting, they’re not working.”
Later, Nolan’s team clarified toIndieWirethat the chairs spoken about Hathaway were the director’s chair clustered around the video monitor. He doesn’t use his chair, but reportedly, the other actors are allowed to have their seats.
However, the story got another angle when Robert Downey Jr. spoke about the “spartan” rule of having no chairs on the set ofOppenheimerduringVariety’s Actors onActor segment. Speaking to Mark Ruffalo, the actor fueled Hathaway’s statement and raised the debate of no-chair once again after Nolan’s representative tried to prove it false.
Those who want to spot Bradley Cooper onMaestrocan stream the movie on Netflix from June 14, 2025.
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Subham Mandal
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Subham Mandal is currently working as a content writer for FandomWire with an ardent interest in the world of pop culture. He has written more than 1000 articles on different spheres of modern pop culture and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He’s also an experienced student journalist having demonstrated work experience with the Times of India. He aspires to be a column writer in the future.
