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      • Lady Gaga wasn't the first pop star considered for A Star Is Born, and Bradley Cooper wasn't the first actor.
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  2. Lady Gaga wasn't the first pop star considered for A Star Is Born, and Bradley Cooper wasn't the first actor. Let's look back at what could have been a very different film.

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    • Drama, Music, Romance
    • Bradley Cooper
    • 2018-10-05
    • Shooting The Concert Scenes Live Was Lady Gaga’s Idea
    • Willie Nelson’s Son Taught Bradley Cooper How to Play Guitar
    • Ally’s SNL Performance Was in Lieu of A Rise-To-Fame Montage
    • Dave Chappelle’s Drumming Scenes Were Cut
    • Lady Gaga Kept A Bunch of Props as Mementos
    • A Lot of The Drag Queens’ Dialogue Was Improvised
    • The Dog in The Movie Is Bradley Cooper’s Own Dog
    • Clint Eastwood Was Originally Going to Direct with Beyoncé Starring

    According to Bradley Cooper, it was Lady Gaga’s idea for the duo to shoot the concert scenes for A Star is Bornlive. She said she was sick of watching movies about singers where the actors’ lips don’t line up with the professional singer’s voice being dubbed over them. The only way to avoid this would be to actually do the singing live during filmi...

    In order to learn how to play guitar and carry himself like a musician in the film, Bradley Cooper met with Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson pretty much every night for a year. They hung out in Cooper’s basement and tinkered on the guitar until he got it right. RELATED: 10 Best Songs From A Star Is Born, Ranked In the stage performances in the movi...

    Bradley Cooper intentionally didn’t want to include a clichéd montage showing Ally’s rise to fame in the music world. Instead, he included a scene set on the day of her performance in an episode of Saturday Night Live, figuring that if the audience saw her appearing on SNL, they’d get an idea of how famous she’d become. To be invited to SNL as a mu...

    The name of Dave Chappelle’s character, Noodles, was a reference to the fact that he’s a drummer. However, all of his drumming scenes were cut from the final film. Noodles’ family members were all played by actual relatives. Chappelle’s own daughter, Sanaa Chappelle, played Noodles’ daughter. Noodles’ wife is played by Drena De Niro (Robert De Niro...

    Although Bradley Cooper insisted that Lady Gaga was perfect for Ally from the get-go, many other actors were rumored for the part, including Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Rihanna, and Kesha. When filming wrapped on A Star is Born, Gaga kept a bunch of props from the movie as mementos. These included Ally’s lyric-filled noteboo...

    In the scene when Jack goes backstage to see Ally after her performance at the drag bar, most of the drag queens’ dialogue was improvised. In the original script, they didn’t have a lot of lines, and the focus was on Jack and Ally. RELATED: A Star Is Born: 10 Hidden Details Everyone Completely Missed However, when it came to filming the scene, Brad...

    When A Star is Bornfirst hit theaters, one of the most popular characters in the movie proved to be the dog that Ally gets for Jack. The dog that appears in the movie is actually Bradley Cooper’s own dog, Charlie. He was named after Cooper’s late father, Charles Cooper.

    When the fourth version of A Star is Bornwent into development in 2011, Clint Eastwood was attached to direct and Beyoncé was set to star. A number of actors were considered for the male lead, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and Christian Bale. Production was delayed to accommodate Beyoncé’s pregnancy, and eventual...

  3. Apr 26, 2021 · While on The Howard Stern Show in 2016, Lady Gaga went into detail about how she actually landed the role opposite Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born. In the interview, the legendary radio host asked Gaga about it after it had been reported that she would make this stunning career turn.

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  4. For her acting and soundtrack contributions on A Star Is Born, Gaga became the first woman in history to win an Academy Award, Grammy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award in one single year.

  5. Oct 5, 2018 · The 1976 version saw Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson's edgier interpretation — Kristofferson is a hard-drinking rockstar and Streisand is a pop star on the rise.

  6. Oct 4, 2018 · A Star Is Born (2018) Now that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga have assumed the mantle of those select stars which are born, critics have been lining up to lay hosannas at their feet.

  7. Nov 21, 2018 · Even for scenes in A Star Is Born where Cooper’s character was not present, the first-time filmmaker said he insisted on physically being within arm’s reach for each of his actors.