JamesG
02-10-2024, 07:52 AM
Bradley Cooper Looks Back on First TV Role as "Sex and the City" Party Boy
by Lauren Huff
February 9, 2024
Bradley Cooper is taking a walk down memory lane. The Maestro star and director received the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday.
He also participated in a career retrospective when his first on-camera role on "Sex and the City" as "Jake the downtown smoker" came up.
He told the crowd that he was "terrified" to take on the role of the sports car-driving party boy in the hit show's second season.
“I auditioned for it, and at that time I didn't really realize that you could ever get the job,” recalled Cooper. "Honestly, I thought that, like, I had a job as a doorman at Morgans Hotel, and then I was lucky enough to audition."
He continued, “I remember when I got the call to do it I was terrified. ‘What do you mean I'm actually going to have to do it?’ I couldn't drive a stick shift, so they sent me to Models Driving School and I was just terrified.”
In the end, his fear may have been partly justified, as he says he "still messed it up" when it came time to drive.
"So they had somebody else drive the car and I just had to pretend that we stopped," he said as he mimicked someone fake driving.
https://ew.com/bradley-cooper-sex-and-the-city-role-terrified-8575570
by Lauren Huff
February 9, 2024
Bradley Cooper is taking a walk down memory lane. The Maestro star and director received the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday.
He also participated in a career retrospective when his first on-camera role on "Sex and the City" as "Jake the downtown smoker" came up.
He told the crowd that he was "terrified" to take on the role of the sports car-driving party boy in the hit show's second season.
“I auditioned for it, and at that time I didn't really realize that you could ever get the job,” recalled Cooper. "Honestly, I thought that, like, I had a job as a doorman at Morgans Hotel, and then I was lucky enough to audition."
He continued, “I remember when I got the call to do it I was terrified. ‘What do you mean I'm actually going to have to do it?’ I couldn't drive a stick shift, so they sent me to Models Driving School and I was just terrified.”
In the end, his fear may have been partly justified, as he says he "still messed it up" when it came time to drive.
"So they had somebody else drive the car and I just had to pretend that we stopped," he said as he mimicked someone fake driving.
https://ew.com/bradley-cooper-sex-and-the-city-role-terrified-8575570