Bradley Cooper is the toast of Hollywood and one of the favorites to win an Oscar for his incredible role in Leonard Bernstein’s biopic, Maestro.
Before he rose to astronomical fame, the now three-time Oscar nominee for Best Actor, 49, landed his very first acting role in 1999 in the second season of Sex and the City.
Bradley played Jake in the episode “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?” in which he had an alcoholic night out with Sarah Jessica Parker’s main character, Carrie Bradshaw.
Carrie has hit rock bottom after an unflattering photo of her hangover and smoking landed on the cover of New York Magazine with the caption: “Single and Fabulous?”
After meeting Jake – who Carrie said was everything she was looking for (single, straight and a smoker) – the pair share a kiss.
Bradley Cooper is the toast of Hollywood and one of the favorites to win an Oscar for his incredible role in Leonard Bernstein’s biopic, Maestro – but his first acting role was a supporting role in Sex and the City in 1999
The star was nominated for the Golden Globes on Sunday (photo)
But things end when Jake sees Carrie on the cover of the magazine and shouts, “Is this you?” causing the writer to jump out of his car.
Carrie met Jake after breaking up with Big for the first time, and almost decided to sleep with the floppy-haired stud to prove she was still amazing.
The role came two years before he would find fame on Alias as reporter Will Tiffin alongside Jennifer Garner.
His international breakthrough came in the iconic 2009 comedy The Hangover and critically acclaimed roles in Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and A Star Is Born.
Bradley spent six years preparing to play Bernstein by studying the way he conducted orchestras, honing his speaking style with dialect coach Tim Monich and working with Oscar-winning makeup artist Kazu Hiro.
Cooper wrote, produced, directed and stars in the 129-minute film, which spans three decades and includes the closeted homosexual’s affair with music scholar Tommy Cothran (Gideon Glick).
Best known for his work with the New York Philharmonic and the Broadway musical West Side Story, Leonard won seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, 16 Grammy Awards and the Kennedy Center Honor.
Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg produced Maestro
Bradley played Jake in the episode “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?” in which he had an alcoholic night out with Sarah Jessica Parker’s main character, Carrie Bradshaw
After meeting Jake – who Carrie said was everything she was looking for ‘single, straight and a smoker’ – the pair share a kiss
Bradley spent six years preparing to play Bernstein by studying the way he conducted orchestras, honing his speaking style with dialect coach Tim Monich and working with Oscar-winning makeup artist Kazu Hiro (pictured with Carey Mulligan in the movie)
The star was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for 2019’s A Star Is Born (pictured with Lady Gaga)
His international breakthrough came in 2009 with the iconic comedy The Hangover
Bradley’s transformation into legendary composer Bernstein was no easy feat.
The Oscar winner’s makeup, which included a prosthetic nose to play the Jewish icon and was recently labeled “Jewface,” took quite a bit of preparation, according to the film’s makeup artist, Kazu Hiro.
“The final stage — he was covered pretty much everywhere, the bodysuit and the arms — lasted over five hours,” Hiro told the audience Monday at the film’s screening at the New York Film Festival, per EW.
Hiro also revealed that Cooper, who is directing the film, moved up call times so he could be in full Bernstein gear to direct production while staying in character.
“The final stage, all the time, our call time was one o’clock in the morning and the other thing was he wanted the makeup to be done before the crew called so he would show up as Lenny to sort out the shoot and stuff. ‘
‘As a result, we were also calling two hours earlier than normal, so that was quite tough.’