‘Hangover’ star Bradley Cooper is noting his interest in playing Lance Armstrong in an upcoming biopic.
Cooper spoke with BBC about the controversial cyclist and his desire to take on the leading role in the film, “I would be interested in that. I think he’s fascinating. What a fascinating character.”
Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams’ production company Bad Robot are coming together to start a movie project based on New York Times reporter Juliet Macur‘s forthcoming book: ‘Cycles of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong.’
This isn’t the first time Cooper has been interested in a role as Armstrong, “I remember Matt Damon was going to do his autobiography at one point years ago. I remember thinking, that would be a great character, I’d love to play that character. I would love to do something, I think he’s pretty fascinating.”
Other names being thrown around include Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Christian Bale.
Last week Armstrong came clean to Oprah Winfrey, admitting for the first time that he used banned drugs and blood doping during all of his seven Tour de France titles. More on that interview here.
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