This would mark the biggest acting role for Lady Gaga, who won a Golden Globe for her role on the showย American Horror Story: Hotel and was nominated for an Oscar for her music. Sheย and Cooper,ย who is also making his directorial debut with A Star Is Born,ย have not commented.
The news comes about a month and a halfย after she and Cooperย were photographed riding together on his motorcycleย en route to a dinner at a restaurant in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported about Ladyย Gaga’s negotiations, said the singer had tested forย A Star Is Born in front ofย Warner Bros. Pictures execs and impressed them. The studio has not commented.
In the original 1937 movie A Star Is Born, Fredric March playedย a troubled movie star and Janet Gaynorย played an aspiring young actress he helps find fame. The movie was remade twiceโin 1954, withย James Mason and Judy Garland and in 1976, with Barbra Streisand, 74, and Kris Kristofferson, 79.
All the actors and actresses except the latter twoย received Oscar nominations for their roles, while Streisand won an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song forย “Evergreen,” the love theme from A Star Is Born.
Lady Gaga received an Oscar nomination this year for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song for “Til It Happens to You,” from the campus rape documentaryย The Hunting Ground.
She made her big screen acting debut with a small role in the 2013 filmย Machete Kills and went on to star in directorย Robert Rodriguez’s 2014 movieย Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. She also played herself in Muppets Most Wanted.ย This year, Lady Gaga wowed fansย and critics and won a Golden Globe for her performances inย American Horror Story: Hotel, her bigย TV show debut. She alsoย stars in the FX series’ upcoming new season.
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