Bradley Cooper Wanted Howard Stern to Shave His Head and Play His Brother in A Star Is Born

Howard Stern almost had a hand in it A star is bornaccording to director Bradley Cooper.

“Have we ever talked about how I asked you A star is born?” Cooper asked his longtime friend in the episode The Howard Stern Show published on Monday.

“I never told anybody because I felt bad for the guy who got the part,” Stern said, referring to Sam Elliott, who the host also called “fantastic.”

In its Oscar-winning 2018 remake A star is born starring Lady Gaga, Cooper, 48, played singer Jackson “Jack” Maine, while Elliott played the character’s half-brother and manager Bobby.

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Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in the movie “A Star Is Born”.

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The Maestro Helmer revealed to listeners that after approaching Stern, 69, to play Bobby, the two gave the idea serious thought — including having Stern shave his head.

On her show, the radio personality recalled thinking, “‘Wow, he must think I look a lot better… They’re going to say, ‘What the f—, what, this movie is going to be like that Gemini?’ I’m Danny DeVito and he’s Arnold Schwarzenegger or something? What the hell is going on here?”

Stern continued, “I said, ‘I’m going to go all in.’ I’m going to shave my head, I’m going to change my whole look.’ I was really toying with that idea.”

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Cooper says Stern’s willingness to change his physical appearance for the role is “very exciting” for him as a director. “You said, ‘Give me a few weeks,'” he remembered. “It wasn’t like you said no right away… You really thought about this.”

Stern also joked that his performance would be worthy of an award. “It would be great, me at the Oscars,” he added. “Can you imagine? We might do that one day!”

Cooper responded, “I think it’s going to happen. I just have to think of the right thing to say yes to you.”

Stern last appeared in a film in 2012 with an uncredited role in Men in Black 3. He made his debut in front of the cameras in the 1986 film Ryder, PI and played himself in 1997 Private parts.

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in the movie “A Star Is Born”.

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After the feature film directorial debut with A star is bornCooper directed, co-wrote and starred in a new Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro.

He was also nominated for an Oscar Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 this year.

Maestro opens in select theaters and begins streaming on Netflix on December 20.

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