Sean Pennis rooting forBradley Cooperand his directorial debutA Star Is Born.
The Oscar winner 58, penned anop-ed forDeadlinein which he urged Oscar voters to really consider Cooper, 44, and his hit film.
“There are many really good films and performances nominated this year,” Penn wrote. “There are also many perishable trend-pieces that, win or lose, will be lost to memory.”
Penn adds Cooper’s directorial efforts (he also co-wrote the screenplay and starred in the film) are “the achievement of one artist who had the courage to stand naked and jump from the edge of a vertical cliff, bringing his whole cast and crew with him, and simultaneously catch their fall.”
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“It’s a triumph,” he wrote.
While Penn supports the film, he added he doesn’t hold much hope for the film to win at this months Oscars ceremony.
“In the end, the apples and oranges of film competition, and the inequity of advertising budgets has always left the Academy Awards with some inevitable aftertaste of the alcohol most of us have to drink to get through them,” he wrote. “To spare myself potential disappointment, I’m raising a glass in advance toBradley CooperandA Star Is Born.”
Penn added, “A Star Is Bornis simply everything that movies should be. If we honor anything, this should be it.”
A Star Is Bornhas been nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay for Cooper, as well as Best Actress forLady Gagaand Best Supporting Actor for Sam Elliott.
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Cooper wasn’t nominated for the Best Director category, a fact headmitted made him feel “embarrassed.”
“I was not surprised, I’m never surprised about not getting nominated,” Cooper toldOprah WinfreyatOprah’s SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square. “I was with my friend in New York City at a coffee shop and I look down at my phone, and Nicole [Caruso, his publicist] had texted me and they said congratulations on these other things, but they didn’t tell me the bad news. And I went, ‘Oh wow.’ And the first thing I felt was embarrassment.”
He added, “I felt embarrassed that I didn’t do my part. Like, ‘Oh gosh, I didn’t do my job.’ But the truth is, even if I got the nomination, that should not give me any sense of whether I did my job or not. That’s the trick. The trick is to make something you believe in and you work hard.”
source: people.com
