Brad Pitt is placing his soccer variations with Bradley Cooper apart to reward the author/director/producer/star’s sophomore directorial effort, “Maestro.” Pitt, who is nice buddies with Cooper, joked that their friendship continues to be intact regardless of their differing NFL fandoms (Pitt roots for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, whereas Cooper is a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles lover.)
Through the “New Heights” with Jason and Travis Kelce podcast (within the under video), Pitt admitted that he couldn’t assist however throw some shade at Cooper when celebrating “Maestro” in 2024. Pitt additionally praised the Leonard Bernstein biopic for being among the best movies of the 2020s; Pitt implied that an Academy Award for Cooper is even lengthy overdue. “Maestro” was nominated for seven Oscars together with Greatest Image, Greatest Actress for Carey Mulligan, and Greatest Actor for Cooper.
“I’ve a confession: I’m pals with Bradley Cooper,” Pitt mentioned. “He was getting an award for ‘Maestro,’ [which] continues to be in all probability among the best films of this decade. And I used to be giving him this award and he’s been nominated like 18 occasions for the Oscars. And I closed with, on the Santa Barbara Movie Awards, ‘Hear, he’s been nominated the 19,000th time. , if he doesn’t get it, it’s OK. He’s used to it. He’s a Philadelphia Eagles fan.’” To be clear, Cooper has really obtained 12 Oscar nominations in his profession.
As for the Eagles successful the Tremendous Bowl in opposition to the Chiefs earlier in 2025, Pitt mentioned, “I believe he was completely satisfied this yr. He gracefully let me harm.”
Cooper infamously mentioned that he would like the Eagles taking dwelling the Tremendous Bowl trophy to getting an Oscar, anyway. Cooper will subsequent seem in, direct, produce, and function B digital camera operator for meta Hollywood comedy “Is This Factor On?” He mentioned throughout ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Present” that filmmaking itself is “similar to crew sports activities,” saying, “It’s all about making a tradition. It’s all about simply the shot you’re in and never enthusiastic about simply the tip of the film. It’s very, similar to soccer specifically, you already know, if one of many 11 messes up, the entire thing’s screwing up and other people don’t see that from the skin, however for those who’re in it, you already know that very effectively. Similar factor in a film set.”
Through the “New Heights” podcast, Pitt echoed Cooper’s sentiments. Pitt, who’s selling his racing movie “F1,” deemed sports activities movies to be the “best” style.
“I look again at Gene Hackman and ‘Hoosiers’ and Redford and ‘The Pure,’” he mentioned. “It’s a tremendous metaphor for a lifetime. […] I really feel like we actually acquired it proper in ‘Moneyball’ in a beautiful, stunning method so as to add to that lexicon, and I believe this one [‘F1’] does that too on a extremely massive degree.” Pitt added that “F1” additionally has a “non secular ending” which he’s “actually pleased with.” Take a look at the total interview right here.