Andrew Dice Clay cast in Bradley Cooper's 'A Star is Born' remake

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Bradley Cooper’s choice for his first undertaking as a director was already suspicious as he chose a remake of A Star is Born. Then, he cast Lady Gaga as the lead but now, things are going to get even more strange. According to Deadline, Andrew Dice Clay has been cast in the film as Lady Gaga’s “very Italian” father in a role that many are saying can steal the movie.

            A Star is Born follows a singer, who will be played by Lady Gaga who falls in love with an aging rocker, played by Cooper, who launches her career into orbit as his fame and popularity fades away. The original film was released in 1937 and two remakes followed in 1954 and 1976. The most recent iteration starred Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, who had great chemistry, now we’ll see the kind of chemistry that Cooper and Gaga have as the latter undertakes her first major feature film role. The most recent version of the script was written by Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Forrest Gump) and Clay joins another recent cast member, Sam Elliot, who will play Bobby and manages both stars in the careers as well as their personal lives.

            Clay is best known for being a raunchy, stand-up comedian but has been involved in much more TV work recently. He has his own show on Showtime, Dice that is in production for Season 2 currently. He also had roles on HBO shows, Vinyl and Entourage; but is no stranger to film work as just four years ago, Clay had a role in the Woody Allen movie, Blue Jasmine. I’m not a huge fan of Clay but in a role like this, I believe he could thrive. A Star is Born is currently scheduled to open in theaters on September 28^th, 2018.