Can Bradley Cooper play the guitar in real life like in A Star Is Born?

BRADLEY Cooper impressed viewers of the film A Star is Born with his guitar skills as he played the fictional character of Jackson Maine.

Find out here if he has always played to such a high level or if he learnt it for the role.

Can Bradley Cooper play the guitar in real life?

For his role as Jackson Maine in A Star Is Born, 46-year-old Bradley Cooper learnt to play the guitar.

The Avengers: Infinity War star took music lessons for eighteen months to master the musical instrument.

This is not the first time the actor has had to learn a new skill for a part.

Bradley had to learn how to drive stick-shift for his first TV appearance in Sex And The City and attended a driving school in Manhattan.

Did Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga ever date?

Lady Gaga and Bradley sparked romance rumors in 2018 after A Star Is Born was released in theatres.

Straight away fans could tell that the pair had a close bond, with Gaga revealing that they had an "instant connection" when they first met.

Despite the rumours, Gaga has kept with her statement that the two were never romantically involved.

In 2019, she told Jimmy Kimmel: "Yes, people saw love and—guess what—that's what we wanted you to see,"

She went onto explained that she knew the rumours were fuelled by their intimate performance of Shallow at the Oscars that year.

Gaga explained that Bradley had planned out the entire concert in extreme detail: "I knew that he had the vision for how it should go."

When did he go on stage at Glastonbury?

In June 2017, Bradley made a surprise appearance on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage as part of live singing scenes for the film.

He preceded Kris Kristofferson's set who incidentally starred in the 1976 version of A Star Is Born with Barbra Streisand.

Bradley revealed the plan to sing live was down to Lady Gaga: "She said, 'What I cannot stand in movies is when it's playback and you can see they’re lip-syncing. We’re going to sing live'."

Bradley last visited Glastonbury as a guest of Metallica in 2014.

What other films has Bradley Cooper starred in?

Although Bradley looks like he would be set to be typecast as the quintessential pretty boy with charm, he has proven over the last decade that he has the potential for moulding into any repertoire of characters across all genres is limitless.

Having so far had eight Academy Awards nominations and two Grammys and a Bafta, he has compounded his success with critical acclaim.

Bradley started his career with comedic roles in films such as Failure To Launch and All About Steve as well as The Hangover.

He then ventured into more romantic roles for movies like Limitless before vaulting into the Oscar-nominated A-list with American Sniper, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle.

He also played the lovably misanthropic Rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Bradley is going to be starring in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2023.