Carey Mulligan learned more than she expected from Bradley Cooper.
In fact, at the 2024 SAG Awards Feb. 24, she credited her Maestro costar and director for changing her approach to working on set. (See every star on the red carpet here.)
"He just did it with no fear the whole thing," Carey exclusively told Live From E!: SAG Awards host Laverne Cox while on the red carpet. "I think I'd always been a little bit afraid of work and he just made it so freeing and wonderful."
The Promising Young Woman actress—who is nominated Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for the biopic—couldn't help but spotlight her costar. And Bradley, who is up for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role, made sure to share that love right back.
"We were lucky because we had so many people assembled already," the 49-year-old reflected at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. "Carey signed on in 2018 when there wasn't even a script yet."
Bradley also acknowledged that, along with directing and starring in the film, he also put in a lot of work to learn how to conduct music for his role as Leonard Bernstein.
"When you love it, it doesn't feel like work," he explained. "There was a lot of prep, but it was joyous."
In fact, he previously admitted how intense this role was to embody.
"Lenny was harder," he told E! in December. "First of all, he was a real person, so the responsibility felt much bigger and he was just so, so idiosyncratic."
And part of this was the amount of time he embodied the composer, adding, "This was a guy from 25 to 67 years old. It was not even comparable the level of difficulty it felt for me. I was terrified."
"There were a lot of people here who took a chance on this idea," the Silver Linings Playbook star added, "so, I feel relieved."
Keep reading to see who else stepped out onto the red carpet at the 2024 SAG Awards.
Storm Reid
In custom Balmain.
Kieran Culkin & Jazz Charton
In Dior Men and Christian Dior FW17 RTW.
Issa Rae
In Off-White.
Hannah Waddingham
In Tony Ward SS24 Couture.
Ryan Piers Williams & America Ferrera
America in custom Christian Dior.
Bel Powley
In Chanel.
Tracee Ellis Ross
In custom Balmain.
Taraji P. Henson
In Giambattista Valli Haute Couture.
Jeremy Allen White
In Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Ryan Michelle Bathe
In Maria Lucia Hohan.
Quinta Brunson
In Saint Laurent.
Margot Robbie
In Schiaparelli FW20 Couture.
Lily Gladstone
In custom Armani Privé.
Billie Eilish
In Vivienne Westwood.
Selena Gomez
In custom Atelier Versace.
Anne Hathaway
In Atelier Versace SS15 Couture.
Rachel Brosnahan
In Tamara Ralph FW23 Couture and Cartier accessories.
Penélope Cruz
In custom Chanel.
Carey Mulligan
In custom Armani Privé.
Ayo Edebiri
In Luar FW23 RTW.
Emily Blunt
In custom Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Emma Stone
In custom Louis Vuitton.
Halle Bailey
In custom Dolce & Gabbana.
Pedro Pascal
In Prada.
Matt Bomer
In custom BOSS.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
In custom Valdrin Shahiti.
Ciara
In Venus Prototypex.
Brie Larson
In custom Atelier Versace.
Reese Witherspoon
In Elie Saab Haute Couture.
Naomi Watts
In Christian Dior SS23 Couture.