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Is it time for Bradley Cooper's hardest role to date? As star's 'Oscar baiting' with Maestro backfires the actor is under pressure to turn it around and win over the Academy


He spent six years preparing to become Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. Yet ironically, the hardest role Bradley has has ever had to play comes now.

Once a surefire way of ensuring a successful awards season run, Bradley - whose breakthrough role came in 2009 comedy The Hangover - has now become the subject of online backlash, with former fans claiming they've been put off by the star's perceived desperation. Bradley, who stars in, co-wrote, co-produced and directed Netflix's Maestro, has been nominated in the Best Actor category at every major awards ceremony this year, but has failed to take home the top prize. As Cooper loses out on awards season to Murphy despite spending SIX years preparing for Maestro a look at how his strict method acting regime compared to Oppenheimer's leading man

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