Brad Pitt and Bradley Cooper have known each other a long time, and helped each other through tough times—but how close are they now?
“That was the first time I ever realized I had a problem with drugs and alcohol,” he continued. You were a real (expletive).'” That was the moment when Cooper knew that something had to change. When Pitt stood onstage at the National Board of Review Awards to receive his Best Supporting Actor award from Cooper, the Oscar winner remarked, “Bradley just put his daughter to bed and rushed over here to do this. “Because I’d seen things of other people who had been recorded while they were spilling their guts, and that’s just atrocious to me.” “I can't remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn't boozing or had a spliff, or something. Meanwhile, Cooper took to the stage to film a scene for his film A Star is Born. “They’ll be good wingmen for each other when the time is right.” I thought I was killing,’” Cooper recalled while speaking on Arnett’s SmartLess podcast with Sean Hayes and Jason Bateman. As far as anyone can tell, Pitt and Cooper were first spotted together in 2015 when the two grabbed dinner. For instance, in 2017, Pitt and Cooper attended the Glastonbury Festival together. And while they’ve never co-starred in a film, [these two Brads have long had a bromance going on](http://www.thethings.com/20-little-known-facts-about-brad-pitt-and-bradley-coopers-bromance/#opera-buddies), having been spotted together several times over the years. [Brad Pitt](http://www.thethings.com/tag/Brad-Pitt/) and Bradley Cooper are two of Hollywood’s most bankable men.
In the year 2000, director Oliver Stone and Jamie Foxx tried to make A Star is Born, and they pursued Lauryn Hill and Aaliyah for the lead woman's role.
She only managed to star in two movies – Romeo Must Die (2000) and Queen of the Damned, part of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles – which was released posthumously. I was trying to get her interested in the thing, so I was going to her concerts. I’d love to do a film with him, but I haven’t seen the script yet. Aaliyah said to EW; “I am aware of the project. In the 40-year gap between the 1976 version and the one directed by [Bradley Cooper](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/steven-spielberg/bradley-cooper-set-to-play-bullitt), several other attempts were made to get it off the ground – with some surprising director and actor combos. Me being a young African-American actor who really hadn’t had a chance to get down before, I was willing to do whatever to learn from him.