Bradley Cooper's New Movie Filming In MA; Extras Needed

LENOX, MA — Bradley Cooper, the actor behind critically-acclaimed films "A Star Is Born" and "Silver Linings Playbook," is slated to direct a new movie in Massachusetts starting next month — and the film needs extras.

"Maestro" tells the story of composer Leonard Bernstein, starring Cooper in the lead role. According to the listing posted by New York-based Grant Wilfley Casting Inc, Cooper will also direct the film.

Filming will take place from May 21-26 at Tanglewood, a Western Massachusetts music venue and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

According to the listing, the film is looking for Lenox and Berkshire locals to be background performers. Scenes are set in the 1940s and 1980s.

For 1940s scenes, men must have natural-colored hair and must be comfortable receiving a period haircut. Women must also have natural-colored hair, preferably above shoulder-length. For 1980s scenes, casting agents are looking for men with longer, shaggy hair and women with natural-colored hair of all lengths.

Performers will be paid, the listing said.

Bernstein had a long history with Tanglewood. In 1940, the “West Side Story” composer made his first appearance as a symphonic conductor at the newly opened Berkshire Music Center of the Tanglewood Music Festival. He studied conducting under Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Serge Koussevitzky in the 1940s, later becoming his mentor’s conducting assistant.