Bradley Cooper may be in the midst of one of the most compelling phases of his career. Now that he’s gotten A Star Is Born out of his system (and ours), Cooper is working on some interesting collaborations: A role in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, directing and starring in a Leonard Bernstein biopic produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, and—according to THR—a Paul Thomas Anderson movie. Cooper is in talks to play an unspecified role in Anderson’s upcoming film, a coming-of-age drama set in the 1970s. The highly-anticipated follow-up to Phantom Thread and all those Haim videos is said to involve “multiple storylines centering around a kid actor attending high school.” As with numerous other PTA joints, including Boogie Nights and Magnolia, this one is set in and around the San Fernando Valley.
The filmmaker’s latest effort is still untitled and character details have yet to be revealed, so it’s unclear if Cooper is about to give us a nuclear performance on par with Tom Cruise in Magnolia (dare to dream). The project recently moved from Focus Features over to MGM, where production remains shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anderson reportedly hopes to begin shooting this fall, if and when film/TV production resumes in Los Angeles.
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Hey, if you can’t get Daniel Day Lewis he’s probably the next guy on the list……
Your list goes DDL then Bradley Coop?
I’m not so sure I need to see another performance like Tom Cruise’s in “Magnolia,” but okay. (I’m pretty sure PTA realized what a self-satisfied asshole Cruise is, then tricked him into delving into it for the vast majority of the movie.)
Or… despite being a potential asshole Tom Cruise can be a really really good actor in the right role.
I never thought I’d say this, but give Tom Cruise a little credit. This was during his late-90s phase of seeking out auteurs and letting them play with his persona, often in horned-up ways. See also: Vanilla Sky and Eyes Wide Shut. I think he was fully aware of PTA’s intentions with him.
“See also: Vanilla Sky and Eyes Wide Shut.” No, I don’t think I will.
We’re calling Cameron Crowe an auteur now?
We were in 2001.
I can understand not giving him the Oscar just based on the fact that Scientology basically has people who are his slaves. But as far as the performance go it was the best of that year and he got robbed, it was My Cocaine’s greatest heist since The Italian Job.
Your dictation-to-text function betrays you.
purely intentional, and the only reason to watch those Steve Coogan Rob Brydon snoozefests
Yes, “tricked” him into giving yet ANOTHER great performance in a movie lol. You can hate the guy all you want but he’s got the chops.
He punched and kicked the air and stared laser beams at everybody, just like he always does. The only difference was he got to yell “pussy.” So, yeah. He was robbed.
Aye, tricked just like he was in Taps.And Risky Business. And The Color of Money. And Rain Man. And A Few Good Men. And Eyes Wide Shut. And Minority Report. And Collateral. And at least three of the MI films. And The Last Samurai. And The Edge of Tomorrow.I agree with you, is what I’m saying.
I somehow thought the headline said Bradley Whitford, and i’ve never clicked anything so fast. (Other than “skip ad”, of course.
oh great another place where i have to put up with his enduring charm and boyish handsomeness
I’m still waiting on There Will Be Blood 2: Lost in New York. “My parents are in Florida…and I’m in New York?? I’M FINISHED!!!”
I EAT your personal cheese pizza! I EAT IT UP!!
“Stupid pizza, to a stupid Little Nero!”
I’m finished, ya filthy animal!
Eli Sunday and the Third Revelation Church has been smoochin’ everybody! Little Moe with the gimpy leg!
I’ve never seen anyone this obsessed to win an Oscar.
Leo?
Marty?
Finally a Limitless sequel.
I can’t believe there’s an ad for Trump Steaks on this site. Is he still hocking that shit?
All is see is vacuum cleaner ads. Sexism!!
I guess Kinja thinks I love Trump, steaks or both. I would love to see Trump ground into hamburger meat. I wonder if that counts.