Teaming up with a real life singer-songwriter brings a certain level of authenticity to the music in the film, but Bradley Cooper wasn’t quite prepared for just how authentic Lady Gaga wanted to make it.
The film stars Bradley Cooper as musician Jackson Maine, who discovers Ally, a struggling songstress played by Lady Gaga, and gives her a leg up.
He actually freaked out when she told him he’d need to sing the film’s music live.
As the summer winds down and we enter autumn, the awards hopefuls will be making their way to theater screens, among them, Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, the remake of A Star is Born.