Possibilities: Gaga in talks for ‘A Star Is Born’ remake

Pop star to act alongside Bradley Cooper in film


News Desk June 17, 2016
Gaga was last seen in the documentary Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer. PHOTO: FILE

Singer Lady Gaga is all geared for her big screen close-up, once again. The Poker Face hit-maker is in talks to star opposite Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born, the remake that Cooper will also direct.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the news of Gaga’s involvement first surfaced when the singer was caught by the paparazzi on a motorcycle ride with Cooper. When approached, Warner Bros. had refused to comment.

The film, based on the 1937 film starring actors Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, centres on a movie star who helps an aspiring young female actor find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his career into a downward spiral. It was subsequently remade in 1954 by director George Cukor, with Judy Garland and James Mason starring, and again in 1976, with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in lead roles.

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Warner Bros. has been working on the latest remake for years. Cooper’s American Sniper director Clint Eastwood became associated with the project in 2011. At one time, Beyoncé was set to star in it, but things stalled when she became pregnant and Eastwood moved on to Jersey Boys.

Gaga is best known for her pop music career, but has been involved in both film and TV projects in recent years. She starred in American Horror Story: Hotel, the anthology FX series from Ryan Murphy. Gaga won a Golden Globe for her work on the show as well. She previously appeared in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Machete Kills and Muppets Most Wanted. Gaga was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing the original song from the documentary The Hunting Ground.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 18th, 2016.

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