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After crafting incredible musical dramas likeA Star is BornandMaestro, Bradley Cooper is set to mount his next directorial as a comedy. The actor-filmmaker has been chasing the ever-elusive Academy Award with incredible performances and Oscar-bait movies, but this time, he seems to have changed the game.
Apart from co-starring, co-writing, and directing the upcoming Will Arnett starrerIs This Thing On?, Cooper will reportedly also operate the B camera. The comedy also stars Laura Dern, Sean Hayes, and Emily Blunt. Cooper previously made the musical biopicMeastro, which was nominated for Best Picture and Best Actor.
Bradley Cooper’s quest for the Oscars has led him to be a camera operator in his own film
Bradley Cooperis known for his drop-dead gorgeous looks and his incredible acting performances in films likeSilver Linings Playbook, American Sniper,and more.The Hangoverstar turned director with the musical dramaA Star is Born, in which he also sang and co-starred with Lady Gaga.
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Cooper has beensnubbed so many times by the Academy Awardsto the point where he has been compared to pre-The RevenantLeonardo DiCaprio. The memes have gone to the next level now that Cooper announced his new position in his next directorialIs This Thing On?The actor will reportedly operate the B camera on the comedy.
The actor-filmmaker’s decision was met with both appreciation and jokes from fans, who chided the star for taking on more roles within the technical crew to make sure he gets an Oscar.
I see the vision: Bradley Cooper realizes the Academy will never award him for his acting or directing, so he decides to become a skilled DP.If that fails, he’ll keep trying elsewhere. Makeup, sound editing, VFX…before long he’ll be a master of all craftshttps://t.co/kdosNk7vHs
Guy deserves an Oscar, and he’s willing to fight for it 💪🏻
The new Tommy Wiseau!!!!
Can’t wait til he wins for best editing in 2041
Bradley Cooper 2028 best foreign short is gonna go so hard
While theAmerican Hustlestar is just exploring other avenues within the filmmaking world, fans have not let the opportunity slide to joke about it.
Bradley Cooper stresses the importance of the film crew as he becomes a camera operator in his next directorial
Bradley Cooper has worn many hats not just as different actors, but within the crew of the film. He began his career as an actor on TV shows likeAliasandSex and the Citybut he soon went on to more behind-the-scenes roles as he progressed. He produced the filmLimitlessand is also one of the producers ofJoker.
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Cooper is now set to take on the role of a camera operator onIs This Thing On?whichhe is also writing, directing, and actingin. TheAmerican Sniperstar mentioned that he had just joined the union (speculated to be the International Cinematographer’s Guild) and was looking forward to his new role. He said toIndieWire,
I’ll operate the camera, which I’m very excited about because we did some stuff. We went down to Chinatown and yeah, it’s been amazing. […] We start in two weeks, so it’s kind of crazy… it’s always interesting when you just talk about certain crew members, but anybody that’s ever made a movie knows that the camera operator and the dolly grip and the sound mixer, and the first AD, these are key positions that are as important as the actors or anybody else.
Cooper also mentioned that he will be playing a relatively small part in the upcoming film, which has Will Arnett and Laura Dern as a recently separated couple.
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
