Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, and Margot Robbie all vie for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the Producers Guild of America Awards Nominee Breakfast in LA

Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, and Margot Robbie all vied for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the 35th Producers Guild of America Awards Nominee Breakfast held Saturday at LA's Skirball Cultural Center.

Bradley - who produced Maestro - looked clean-cut in a navy-blue maxi-blazer over a matching knit sweater, baggy khakis, and black Oxfords.

'The biggest challenge by far was the f***ing director!' Cooper joked of himself at the event.

'He had these crazy demands like shooting in black-and-white 35mm stock and 1:33 aspect ratio and half the movie in black and white and shooting it live and wanting to be on location and we were losing our minds! But we all banned together and we tried to give him what he wanted. It wasn't easy. It took Fred [Berner] and Amy [Durning] and Kristie [Macosko Krieger] and myself to make it work.'

The 49-year-old Philly native had first approached Warner Bros. to fund his vanity project on the legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, because they had funded his other films American Sniper, A Star is Born, and Joker.

Bradley Cooper (L), Emma Stone (2-R), and Margot Robbie (R) all vied for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the 35th Producers Guild of America Awards Nominee Breakfast held Saturday at LA's Skirball Cultural Center

'And that was a hard pass,' Bradley marveled at the rejection.

'So that just gives you an idea. And here's one superpower I think I have - I don't take anything personally. So that's the thing you have to learn right away. It's business man. It's like, that's it. And I was like, "Got it. You don't see it."

'And I physically sat down with Paramount+, Apple TV+, Warner Bros., and then I got to sit with [Netflix Films chairman] Scott Stuber and I told him this idea and we had just gotten the rights from the children of the music, which was another huge arduous journey to get that when we didn't even have a script yet. But the director knew what he wanted to make.'

Cooper co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the fully-authorized, critically-acclaimed biopic which centers on the Massachusetts-born musician's 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan) and homosexual affairs.

The two-time Grammy winner spent six years preparing to portray Leonard by studying the way he conducted orchestras, honing his way of speaking with dialect coach Tim Monich, and collaborating with Oscar-winning make-up artist Kazu Hiro.

The $80M-budget, 129-minute movie - which spans three decades - also starred Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor, Josh Hamilton, and Gideon Glick.

Bradley will next compete for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which airs Saturday night on Netflix.

Cooper will then compete for three trophies - best picture, actor, and screenplay - at the 96th Academy Awards, which air March 10 on ABC.

Bradley - who produced Maestro - looked clean-cut in a navy-blue maxi-blazer over a matching knit sweater, baggy khakis, and black Oxfords

Cooper joked of himself at the event: 'The biggest challenge by far was the f***ing director! He had these crazy demands like shooting in black-and-white 35mm stock and 1:33 aspect ratio and half the movie in black and white and shooting it live and wanting to be on location and we were losing our minds! But we all banned together and we tried to give him what he wanted. It wasn't easy. It took Fred [Berner] and Amy [Durning] and Kristie [Macosko Krieger] and myself to make it work'

The 49-year-old Philly native had first approached Warner Bros. to fund his vanity project on the legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, because they had funded his other films American Sniper, A Star is Born, and Joker

Bradley marveled at the rejection: 'And that was a hard pass. So that just gives you an idea. And here's one superpower I think I have - I don't take anything personally. So that's the thing you have to learn right away'

Cooper co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the fully-authorized, critically-acclaimed biopic which centers on the Massachusetts-born musician's 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre (L, Carey Mulligan) and homosexual affairs 

The two-time Grammy winner spent six years preparing to portray Leonard by studying the way he conducted orchestras, honing his way of speaking with dialect coach Tim Monich, and collaborating with Oscar-winning make-up artist Kazu Hiro 

Bradley will next compete for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which airs Saturday night on Netflix 

Meanwhile, Emma - who produced Poor Things - wore a black baggy jacket over a matching dress and brown strappy platform heels selected by stylist Petra Flannery.

The 35-year-old Oscar winner was certainly a newcomer to the category, but she had previously been nominated at the PGAs for producing Netflix series Maniac.

Stone has already taken home the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for her wild performance as the reanimated Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' big-screen adaptation of Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel.

The $35M-budget critically-acclaimed steampunk black comedy Poor Things - also starring Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, and Ramy Youssef - has amassed $100.6M since opening December 8.

Meanwhile, Margot looked lovely in a pink-patterned blazer, pink-checkered mini-skirt, and pink slingback heels selected by stylist Andrew Mukamal.

The Australian 33-year-old scored a $12.5M paycheck to produce and star in Greta Gerwig's critically-acclaimed, $1.4B-grossing comedy Barbie about the 1959 Mattel doll.

Robbie and Stone will compete for the outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role trophy at Saturday night's SAG Awards, and Margot is also up for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture.

The talented, gorgeous ladies will then compete for best picture and Emma is up for best actress at the Oscars on March 10.

Emma - who produced Poor Things - wore a black baggy jacket over a matching dress and brown strappy platform heels selected by stylist Petra Flannery

The 35-year-old Oscar winner was certainly a newcomer to the category, but she had previously been nominated at the PGAs for producing Netflix series Maniac

Stone has already taken home the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for her wild performance as the reanimated Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' (M) big-screen adaptation of Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel 

Margot looked lovely in a pink-patterned blazer, pink-checkered mini-skirt, and pink slingback heels selected by stylist Andrew Mukamal

The Australian 33-year-old scored a $12.5M paycheck to produce and star in Greta Gerwig's (R) critically-acclaimed, $1.4B-grossing comedy Barbie about the 1959 Mattel doll 

Robbie and Stone will compete for the outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role trophy at Saturday night's SAG Awards, and Margot is also up for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture 

Also attending the 2024 PGA Awards luncheon were Christine Vachon (Past Lives), Ben LeClair (American Fiction), Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), James Wilson (The Zone of Interest), Mark Johnson (The Holdovers), and Daniel Lupi (Killers of the Flower Moon)

The nominees were announced December 12, and the awards ceremony will be held this Sunday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in LA's Century City district

Also attending the 2024 PGA Awards luncheon were Christine Vachon (Past Lives), Ben LeClair (American Fiction), Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), James Wilson (The Zone of Interest), Mark Johnson (The Holdovers), and Daniel Lupi (Killers of the Flower Moon).

The nominees were announced December 12, and the awards ceremony will be held this Sunday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in LA's Century City district.

Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese will be presented with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures.

The Jackal Group founding partner gail Berman will be honored with the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, and MACRO founder Charles D. King will receive the Milestone Award.