Jack White, the former frontman of rock duo the White Stripes, was set to play the lead role in A Star Is Born, according to reports.
In a new profile of Lady Gaga in Variety, White is identified as the mystery musician director Bradley Cooper fancied for the part, before stepping in himself, apparently following pressure from the studio.
Cooper confirmed to Variety that he and Gaga were planning to perform the film’s breakout single, Shallow, at the ceremony in February.
Variety then goes on to cite a “source with knowledge of the talks” who said that “Cooper had met with Jack White”.