Bradley Cooper says that John Hurt's portrayal of John Merrick in the 1980 film The Elephant Man made him decide to become an actor. It's not hard to figure out why: Here's the true story of a grotesquely deformed man living the sordid, squalid life of a freak-show exhibit in late 19th-century England until he's rescued by Frederick Treves, an empathetic society doctor. Determined to "civilize" him, Treve…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PM on December 7, 2014