Bradley Cooper remembers 'hero' actor who mocked his Oscar nomination - Insider

Bradley Cooper recalled americans in Hollywood mocking him for his Oscar nominations.

He told the "SmartLess" podcast that a director as soon as instructed him he did not deserve seven nominations.

He additionally noted an actor who became a "hero" of his belittled his first Oscar nomination.

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Bradley Cooper currently recalled the time a superstar actor mocked his first Oscar nomination.

although Cooper has no longer won an Academy Award, he is been nominated 9 instances, together with thrice for the 2018 musical remake of "a celebrity Is Born."

last week, Will Arnett introduced up Cooper's 9 nominations during an episode of the podcast "SmartLess," which Arnett cohosts with Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes.

Cooper recalled that after receiving his first Oscar nomination, for his lead function in "Silver Linings Playbook," he attended a celebration the place an actor he described as a "hero" of his mocked him.

"I by no means neglect anything anybody suggest has ever noted," Cooper stated.

Cooper, who these days starred in "Nightmare Alley," noted that earlier than the incident, he turned into "levitating" from attending a party with primary movie stars like Daniel Day-Lewis and Denzel Washington.

"This hero female actress that I didn't know in any respect comes up to me, she goes ... 'I saw your movie. You deserve the nom,'" Cooper spoke of, emphasizing the word "nom."

Cooper persisted, "Ten, 20 minutes later — i'm now not kidding — I passed her, like, going to the bathroom, and she mouths it: 'The nom.'" He stated he remembered thinking, "What the fuck is this city?"

Cooper said that at one other birthday party four years in the past, a director, whom he did not name, cautioned he didn't deserve his Academy Award nominations. at the time, Cooper had seven nominations. He observed he become standing next to an actor and pal of his who had three nominations.

"What world are we residing in where you have got seven nominations? What? She's simplest acquired three," Cooper recalled the director telling him.

"I be aware i used to be like, 'I fucking hate this business.' I mean, i could by no means overlook it," Cooper pointed out. "and i'm looking, and i'm like, 'Bro, why are you such an asshole? Go fuck yourself.'"

afterward within the podcast, Cooper spoke about how his insecurity resulted in drug and alcohol dependancy.

"i used to be so lost, and that i become addicted to cocaine," Cooper observed, later adding that Arnett "took that chance of having that difficult conversation with me in, like, July of 2004 that put me on a path of figuring out to exchange my lifestyles."