Bradley Cooperhad a memorable experience meetingJAY-ZandBeyoncé.The actor, 49, met with the powerhouse couple to get theRenaissancesongstress to play Ally, an aspiring singer, inA Star is Born,before the role ultimately went toLady Gaga.Cooper explained that he pitched Beyoncé for the role to studio executive Greg Silverman, who told him he would do it if he could get the singer as the lead and “make it for under $25 million.““I went to Beyoncé’s house, and JAY-Z was watchingJudge Judy, I still remember. I’m not kidding. And I was freaking [out]. I remember I had this weird cough when I was pitching it to her,” he said during a recentinterviewwith the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the 2024 Grammys.Kevin Mazur/Getty"It was crazy. She was incredible and so was he, and we developed it for like a year together. I mean, she’s one of the greatest people of all time. Then that fell through.“Cooper said he then envisionedAdelefor the role, but she only texted him back once and was “busy.“After hearing Gaga, 37, sing at a benefit concert, Cooper — who ended up directing the film and playing country singer Jackson “Jack” Maine — knew he had found his leading lady.“It just blew the doors off of the whole place, and it was in that moment where it was like, ‘That’s it. What was I even thinking?’ And then I asked to meet her,” explained Cooper.“A Star Is Born” movie poster.Warner Bros./EverettThe filmearned eight nominations at the 91st Academy Awardsandwon the award for Best Original Songfor “Shallow” — aduet featuring Cooper and Gaga.In April 2019, Cooper shared onTheEllen DeGeneresShowthat hewould love to do a live reading of the film’s script.“What I thought would be a cool thing to do, maybe one night, would be like a live reading of the script and sing all the songs as we read the script, like at the Hollywood Bowl or something,” said Cooper.Bradley Cooper in “A Star is Born”.Peter Lindbergh/ Warner Bros.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Although the idea has not come to fruition,he and Gaga reunitedon theMaestrored carpet in December 2023.
Bradley Cooperhad a memorable experience meetingJAY-ZandBeyoncé.
The actor, 49, met with the powerhouse couple to get theRenaissancesongstress to play Ally, an aspiring singer, inA Star is Born,before the role ultimately went toLady Gaga.
Cooper explained that he pitched Beyoncé for the role to studio executive Greg Silverman, who told him he would do it if he could get the singer as the lead and “make it for under $25 million.”
“I went to Beyoncé’s house, and JAY-Z was watchingJudge Judy, I still remember. I’m not kidding. And I was freaking [out]. I remember I had this weird cough when I was pitching it to her,” he said during a recentinterviewwith the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the 2024 Grammys.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
“It was crazy. She was incredible and so was he, and we developed it for like a year together. I mean, she’s one of the greatest people of all time. Then that fell through.”
Cooper said he then envisionedAdelefor the role, but she only texted him back once and was “busy.”
After hearing Gaga, 37, sing at a benefit concert, Cooper — who ended up directing the film and playing country singer Jackson “Jack” Maine — knew he had found his leading lady.
“It just blew the doors off of the whole place, and it was in that moment where it was like, ‘That’s it. What was I even thinking?’ And then I asked to meet her,” explained Cooper.
“A Star Is Born” movie poster.Warner Bros./Everett
Warner Bros./Everett
The filmearned eight nominations at the 91st Academy Awardsandwon the award for Best Original Songfor “Shallow” — aduet featuring Cooper and Gaga.
In April 2019, Cooper shared onTheEllen DeGeneresShowthat hewould love to do a live reading of the film’s script.
“What I thought would be a cool thing to do, maybe one night, would be like a live reading of the script and sing all the songs as we read the script, like at the Hollywood Bowl or something,” said Cooper.
Bradley Cooper in “A Star is Born”.Peter Lindbergh/ Warner Bros.
Peter Lindbergh/ Warner Bros.
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Although the idea has not come to fruition,he and Gaga reunitedon theMaestrored carpet in December 2023.
source: people.com
