A few weeks go, Bradley Cooper told me that seeing John Hurt's Oscar-nominated performance in the film The Elephant Man inspired him to become an actor. And so the back end of 2014 finds Cooper, a top Hollywood star, with the title role in Clint Eastwood's American Sniper, which slated to open Christmas Day. That high-profile role follows Cooper's celebrated recent film roles, including American Hustle, Silv…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:07PM on December 8, 2014