Bradley Cooper's Failed Oscar Run & The Reason For Awards "Desperation"

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Bradley Cooper spent years perfecting his performance (plus writing and directing) in hopes of securing an Oscar for Maestro, but instead, his performance was seemingly overshadowed by his "desperation" to win, and the Oscar for Best Actor instead went to quiet frontrunner Cillian Murphy.

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[anthknee]

He deserved to win for a Star is Born.

Other than that I don’t think I’ve seen (m)any of his other films besides Guardians and his appearances on ALIAS.

[aprilbegins]

as little as I like him, yeah, I thought he was great in A Star Is Born

[marywebgirl]

I thought he was way better than Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook. He deserved the accolades she got.

[squirrels_oh_no]

And she was very miscast in that role (as she was miscast in many roles written for older women during that period).

[anterrabre]

Aw, as I said earlier I liked him as Helga's little ex-husband in DnD.

I have to admit, I'm feeling kinda sad for him. It's not a crime to want something badly. People are going in on him even worse than they did with Anne Hathaway, and that's saying something.

[goldenhera]

People are doing way too much about him wanting an Oscar. Like, who cares, he's an actor and seems generally harmless.

[braindiva]

Yes, people policing coolness and how much effort is too much effort in campaigning is so silly and annoying. The fact that awards require campaigning to begin with, whether done subtly or not, is just sad.

That said, I did not think Maestro was that good of a movie so just the fact that it got nominated should feel like a win to him.

[gillenvillain]

He just seems so .... medicore to be getting so many noms? I personally just don't get it.

I don't think Anne should have won for Les Mis and she seemed way up her own ass that season to make your eyes roll by the time the Oscars came around, but she seems to have mellowed out since.

Cooper's had a few good roles but not what I would consider award-worthy. He's just seems soooo... blah when there's other actors that can act circles around him.

Granted, there were more deserving male actors this past season than some that were nominated (including my bb boy, Ryan).

[janetdkd]

He deserves Oscar for playing straight for so long

[vikingsmn]

He and Emma Stone should be getting shit for soft-scabbing. Luckily for Emma it worked for her.

[aprilbegins]

what do you mean? were they promoting during the strike?

[vikingsmn]

They found loopholes. https://www.laineygossip.com/emma-stone-finds-loophole-to-promote-struck-work-while-at-nyff-promote-short-film-bleat/74900

[jojito]

Ugh. And people were defending her here. It's clear she was desperately campaigning.

[teaaet]

He should direct a film about his relationship with Victor Garber. He might win an oscar for that.

[aprilbegins]

TELL ME MORE

[teaaet]

Before he became a household name, Bradley's nickname on ONTD was "Victor Garber's Bottom Bitch." Once he became super famous he had a series of model girlfriends and had a baby with one of them. But we know where he's been!

[aprilbegins]

oh man, I don't remember that, and I've been here since 2004! 👵🏻