Bradley Cooper has admitted he didn’t expect ‘The Hangover 2′ to become the highest grossing comedy of all time.

Bradley Cooper never expected ‘The Hangover 2′ to be so successful.

The actor – who played the part of Phil in the first two instalments -revealed he was shocked when director Todd Philips informed him that it was the highest grossing comedy of all time, but admitted he does prefer it to the first movie.

He told Irish TV show ‘Xpose’: “Todd Philips knew all the numbers and he was speculating that it would do well but we never thought it would become the highest grossing comedy of all time. I prefer the sequel definitely, I think it’s much better than the first one.”

Bradley previously revealed he is keen to get to work on the third in the franchise, and doesn’t think it will follow the same path as the previous films.

He said: “I personally want to do it. I hope we’re going to start shooting in September.

“We adhered to the formula in the second one, for those of you who’ve seen it, and the third one, which would close the whole, sort of, trilogy, which now it would be a trilogy – even though we thought we would never make a second one, let alone anybody see the first one.

“I think it will take place in Los Angeles and maybe not adhere to the structure. It might be different.”

“I’ll do whatever Todd wants to do, he’s the best, he’s the greatest. And I love those guys and I love my character Phil so I would do it in a heartbeat.

“The second movie was the hardest I’ve ever done but I just love it. There’s got to be a trilogy, you’ve got to close it up.”

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Bradley Cooper used to try and date every girl in high school.

The Hollywood heartthrob says he was never part of any group when he was growing up and just used from one gang to another as it helped him romance as many girls as possible.

He said: “I was like most kids. You’re trying to figure out who you want to be, who you are pretending to be, who you are, but I was never in one group. I never really had a home, a clique. I was freelance and tried to date women in every group.”

Bradley — who was recently linked to Jennifer Lopez and has previously dated Renee Zellweger and Jennifer Aniston — is still a hit with the ladies but admits his habit of chewing tobacco can put them off.

He told Reveal magazine: “My favourite habit is chewing tobacco. I quit it, but for some reason, no matter how many women tells me it’s disgusting, deep down I still think, ‘You love it. You want a real man.’”

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Legendary Pictures has halted production on Alex Proyas’ epic fantasy Paradise Lost, which recounts the battle between heaven and hell, based on the classic John Milton poem.

Bradley Cooper is set to play Lucifer in the movie, while Benjamin Walker is taking on the role of archangel Michael, with Diego Boneta and Camilla Belle playing Adam and Eve.

Paradise Lost hasn’t been completely scrapped. Legendary Pictures is currently in the process of reworking the script so that the budget comes in 10% to 15% less than the proposed $120 million it will take to get it off the ground.

Paradise Lost was already gearing up to shoot in Australia, and this news has come as a shock to the cast and crew. The postponement is being likened to that of Walt Disney’s Lone Ranger. A majority of the budget is set for green screen work, which is currently being whittled down. The hope is that Paradise Lost will go before the cameras this summer.

Paradise Lost is in development and stars Bradley Cooper, Benjamin Walker, Djimon Hounsou, Casey Affleck, Camilla Belle, Callan McAuliffe, Dominic Purcell, Diego Boneta. The film is directed by Alex Proyas.

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Bradley Cooper wasn’t an obvious pick to play the Crow. His acting resume hasn’t put him in the types of darker, goth-styled films that would suggest he’d be ready to slather his face in black paint and brooding scowls. But the same could’ve been said about a pre-”Dark Knight” Heath Ledger, so maybe the concept art we saw would’ve worked out.

As Cooper’s dropped out of the “Crow” remake, we’ll never know how it could’ve gone. Over at Empire, he talks about how things fell apart.

“There weren’t even that many ups and downs,” he says. “We were talking about doing it because of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo — I’m such a massive fan — and then the timing didn’t work out. He just dropped out of it also so I don’t know what they’re going to do.”

Fresnadillo, if you’ll remember, is the director behind “28 Weeks Later,” which would’ve made him a nice choice for the broad horror a “Crow” remake could’ve invoked. With Cooper’s drop out putting the film in some development hell, Fresnadillo chose to lash his horses to the “Highlander” remake — a lateral move, in terms of revered nerd properties.

Cooper’s instead focusing on the “Paradise Lost” remake, which hey, sure. He can trade criticism from Internet message boards for criticism from tenured English professors, if he’s that type of masochist. In another interview with Empire, he talks about how he’ll be moving to Australia for three months, and how the film is mostly motion capture. We can’t wait to see how many explosions they add to Milton’s classic.

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Certain members of the Empire office like to think they’re friends with Bradley Cooper. They’re not, of course, but after his Limitless Webchat charm offensive back in March, it’s hard not to be a little smitten.

It’s important to know this before you watch our interview with the man himself, as it’s one of those ramshackle-but-ultimately-worth-it numbers that can only exist after a Hollywood star has enjoyed/endured the Empire webchat experience.

The interview with “The Sexiest Man Alive” was organised primarily to help promote the DVD release of The Hangover Part II, but towards the end of our time with him he shared a few details about something else he’s got coming up in his diary: Paradise Lost.

For those not in the know / who weren’t forced to study it at school, Paradise Lost is “an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton” – thanks Wikipedia – which some would consider almost unadaptable cinematically.

Not The Crow director Alex Proyas and his star, Cooper. Which makes sense, considering Bradley is the mortal who’ll play Lucifer, the angel sent down to hell after angering the Big Man Upstairs.

Details on the whole project are few and far between, so seeing Cooper showed us a few snaps of him “on set” via his Blackberry – it’s being shot in motion capture, by the way – whilst mentioning a few bits and pieces really is quite exciting.

To avoid speaking on behalf of Mr. Cooper, here’s the man himself talking about how he’s preparing for his upcoming three month shoot Down Under (that’s Australia, not hell, by the way).

Cooper was also meant to appear in a The Crow remake, so we also asked him about how that came to (not actually) pass, details of which you can find below.

Going back to Paradise Lost for a moment, what Cooper has to say about his voice changing is especially notable, with the idea of his tone “cracking” as Lucifer falls. Seems a neat idea – but not as neat as our English-to-American idea, of course.

Set for a 2013 release, Paradise Lost will also star Benjamin Walker as Michael, Casey Affleck as Gabriel and Djimon Hounsou as Abdiel.

But the question is, even with the charm of Cooper behind it, are you interested in Alex Proyas’ cinematic interpretation of the story of Satan and the temptation of Adam and Eve?

Do you think it’ll work on screen? And how would you go about adapting something as unique and extraordinary as Milton’s epic? Let us know in the comment box below.

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Congratulations, Ryan Gosling fanatics fans. Your work is done.

Your backlash to Bradley Cooper’s Sexiest Man Alive pronouncement was swift and so widespread that it did indeed make its way back to the Hangover star.

And the most shocking thing is: He hasn’t just heard your plight, he agrees with it.

While appearing on BBC’s Graham Norton Show in London over the weekend, the subject of his magazine accolade cropped up and Cooper wasted no time in acknowledging that his reign wasn’t without its controversy.

“I’m finally at an age—I’m 36 years old—where I finally don’t care about anything like that anymore, which is a wonderful thing. And then this happened, and I started to realize how not sexy I am,” he began.

“I swear to God. I’ll have a lot of moments where I’ll be walking out, and I’ll open up the door and go, ‘I could’ve done that a lot sexier. That was not very sexy.’ ”

And the fan movement to strip Cooper of his title and seat Gosling in his stead did nothing to help the poor gorgeous movie star’s confidence.

“There was such a backlash to when they announced it, and Ryan Gosling—who I love, and I just did a movie with him, he’s the greatest—but we were both in Paris this last week and a friend of mine showed me, there was photographs from paparazzi…and when I say ‘friend,’ I mean me, alone in my room looking at the computer.

“And it was of him walking around, and he literally looks like he’s in a photo shoot, like he just came off the runway. With, like, the peacoat, is like this,” he said, mimicking an upturned collar, “with the scarf, and there’s ones of me, and I literally look like the neighbor that never comes out of his house and when he does it makes you go, like, maybe he should just stay in.

“So it’s interesting.”

Awww, Bradley! In any case, just as interesting was Cooper’s dishing on some Hangover 3 details, telling Norton that the next installment is already on its way.

“I personally want to do it,” he said. “I hope we’re gonna start shooting in September. Todd Phillips is working on the script…I think it’ll take place in Los Angeles and maybe not adhere to the structure. It might be different.”

One thing’s for sure: It’ll definitely be huge. Still, the studio might want to make sure Gosling doesn’t have a movie coming out the same weekend.

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Hello everybody! As you might be aware, The Hangover Part II was released on DVD and Blu-Ray the other day! I got my hands an HD version of the movie and I added 2,000+ HD screen captures of Bradley from the movie into our gallery. They have been in the gallery for about a day or 2, but I have yet to actually make a post. I hope you guys enjoy all the screen captures and be sure to pick up your copy of the movie as soon as you can! It’s definitely one of my favorite Bradley movies and it’s extremely funny! Enjoy!

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It’s a busy job, being the sexiest man alive….

As Bradley Cooper is finding out, after a whirlwind weekend in London, on duty promoting The Hangover II DVD release.

Cooper, who was recently given his glorious epithet by People Magazine, turned up on Graham Norton’s show on Friday, then set the camera bulbs flashing furiously last night at the Moet British Independent Film Awards at Old Billingsgate.

The Huffington Post UK can report that Cooper, despite different ladies’ names being attached to his since his split from Renee Zellweger earlier in the year, he appeared very much a single operator on the red carpet last night.

HUFFPOST REPORTS: Michael Fassbender at the BIFAs – ‘I Don’t Really Taking My Clothes Off’

But never mind that, what about the film, the sequel to the 2009 box office hit of the same name concerning the high jinks and jollity of a stag night gone ever so slightly wrong – how far can this joke go? Here’s Bradley above..

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Bradley was on Heart Breakfast radio show this morning doing an interview. Find out about the ladies he’s been linked to, what Christmas is like for the Cooper clan and whether he’s ever wrestled a wild animal. Have a listen below!

Bradley attended the 2011 Moet British Independent Film Awards yesterday and I just updated the gallery with photos of Bradley arriving at the awards and at the after party. More will be added as they arrive, as well as any videos I can find. Enjoy!

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