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Bradley Cooper Opens Up About His ‘Crazy’ Meeting With Beyonce For ‘A Star Is Born’ & How It All ‘Fell Through’

Bradley Cooper revealed that Beyoncé was his first choice to play the lead female role in ‘A Star Is Born,’ before the job went to Lady Gaga.

Bradley, 49, did an interview with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on February 12 and revealed that he met with producer Greg Silverman to pitch Beyoncé, 42,for the role of Ally, which ultimately went to Lady Gaga. The 2018 film received eight Academy Award nominations and won for Best Original Song for Bradley and Gaga’s duet “Shallow.” The two stars were subject to intense dating rumors from working together on the movie, especially after their intimate performance at the 2019 Oscars. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga at the ‘A Star Is Born’ premiere at the 2018 Venice Film Festival (Photo: Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)At the A Star Is Born premiere in 2018, Bradley told PEOPLE that he “made a friend for life” in Gaga.

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