Dave Chappelle Acted In "A Star Is Born" So Bradley Cooper Would Stop Nagging
As per Vulture, Dave Chappelle’s brief acting cameo in A Star Is Born only came to be, because the 45-year old comic couldn’t think off a better way to curtail Bradley Cooper’s incessant. During his limited-run Broadway special, Chappelle took a moment to answer questions from the audience, one of which was centered around the conspicuous nature of his involvement in Bradley Cooper’s episodic film.
Chappelle admitted that he was never his intention to act in such a movie, but Cooper had been calling him “every two days” with the same line of questioning, and eventually, he broke, and thus was born the impetus to add a dramatic reading to his artistic portfolio. “He sent me the script …but I never read the script. I didn’t know the shit was going to be good,” Chappelle admitted in hindsight.
For those who haven’t seen the film, Dave Chappelle plays “Noodles” for what amounts a couple of minutes, at most, of…