When A Star is Born was in development hell, many other stars were attached, with Beyoncé set to star and Clint Eastwood as director at one point .
Bradley Cooper also recently revealed that he had his eye on White Stripes’ rocker Jack White to take on his role at some point when he took the helm.
Since the project with Jennifer Lopez and Will Smith never went past early talks, there really is no way of knowing what it could have been, or it would be dominating award season conversation as the new one likely will.