Bradley Cooper Offered Howard Stern a Major ‘Star Is Born’ Role, Wants an Eagles Super Bowl Victory Over ‘Maestro’ Oscar Wins: ‘I’m Sick. I’m Not Lying’
29.11.2023 - 16:21
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Bradley Cooper‘s “Maestro” publicity tour landed him on “The Howard Stern Show,” where the eponymous radio show host asked him a nail-biting question: “Sophie’s choice for 2024: You win the Oscar, not only for best director but also best actor, and Carey Mulligan wins best actress, or the Eagles have a Super Bowl victory?” “Eagles Super Bowl victory,” Cooper answered without hesitation as Stern appeared shocked and called him out for lying. “Eagles! Eagles! I’m sick. I’m not lying.” Cooper is obviously a diehard fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that played a prominent role in his 2012 comedy-drama “Silver Linings Playbook.” The Eagles lost the 2023 Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs, no doubt a heartbreaker for Cooper.
Cooper is widely predicted to earn nominations for the Leonard Bernstein biopic in which he serves as director, actor and co-writer. He’s being viewed as a frontrunner for the best actor Oscar by some and could also pick up screenwriting, directing and picture nominations. His last directorial effort, 2018’s “A Star Is Born,” earned him acting, writing and picture noms, but he was infamously shut out of the best director race.
He later told Oprah that he was initially embarrassed by not making it into the best director field. “The first thing I felt was embarrassment, actually. Think about it.
I felt embarrassed that I didn’t do my part,” he said. “Even if I got the nomination, it should not give me any sense of whether I did my job or not. That’s the trick, to make something that you believe in.” Speaking of “A Star Is Born,” Cooper and Stern revealed for the first time during their discussion that it was Stern who was first offered the role in the movie that
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