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People baffled after Bradley Cooper explains why he bans all chairs from his movie sets

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Updated 20:08 15 Dec 2023 GMTPublished 19:59 15 Dec 2023 GMT

People baffled after Bradley Cooper explains why he bans all chairs from his movie sets

Actor and director Bradley Cooper has puzzled film fans after explaining why he doesn't allow chairs on his sets

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Bradley Cooper has been ridiculed on social media after a bizarre explanation as to why he doesn’t allow chairs on his movie sets.

Cooper has certainly made a name for himself with his acting chops over the years and has even turned his hand to directing a handful of times.

However, one of his rules has puzzled social media users and this confusion quickly turned to mockery.

Speaking to director Spike Lee in an interview for Variety, Cooper insisted he doesn’t allow chairs on his movie sets.

You’d be forgiven for thinking it was simply due to him having a fear of chairs, yes that exists (known as Cathedraphobia).

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But Cooper said it is because he believes it causes energy dips.

“When I direct, I don’t watch playback. There’s no chairs. I’ve always hated chairs on sets; your energy dips the minute you sit down in a chair,” he told Lee.

He went on to explain that he also doesn’t have a video village, an area on a film set that surrounds the director and is full of monitors and screens.

Cooper said he doesn’t allow chairs on his movie sets because he believes it causes energy dips.
Variety

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Seemingly unphased by the chair’s comment, Lee was more concerned about the absence of a video village and began joking that if he is directing a film, Cooper wouldn’t get things his way.

The internet, on the other hand, leaped at the opportunity to pour in the jokes after the news of Cooper’s comments reached X, formerly known as Twitter.

“On my sets I do not allow floors. My energy dips the minute I touch cement,” one user joked.

“As a wheelchair-bound actor, I feel like Bradley Cooper wouldn't let me on set,” joked another.

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“On my sets, I don't even allow cameras. It's all to be imagined in a theater of the mind. Pure cinema is theater. On a serious note -- what the actual hell, Cooper,” commented another.

Seemingly unphased by the chair’s comment, Lee was more concerned about the absence of a video village.
Variety

Other X users admitted they were concerned about how difficult this would be for many people working on the sets of his films.

“Cooper better have a quick day then. I hate this militant style of directing. You look at a David Lynch shoot and there’s chairs everywhere. Dont agree with Nolan doing it either,” another user said.

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“I dare this man to stand 14 hours a day, 5 days a week, for a month. Millions of workers can tell him what 8 hours of continuous standing a day does to one's back and feet. The fact that he proudly forced his workers to endure this abuse made him a villain in my book,”

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Variety/Warner Bros

Topics: Bradley Cooper, Film and TV, Celebrity

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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