Bradley Cooper Plays Performance-Enhancement Drug Douche in ‘Limitless’
I only realized this morning that Bradley Cooper’s next movie, Limitless, is the film adaptation of Alan Glynn’s The Dark Fields I heard about almost three years ago and that the trailer’s been out since December:
I was originally interested in this movie because Shia Labeouf was tagged to play the lead role. I’m inexplicably drawn to that guy on film and the way he balances his characters between douche-y and surprisingly ingratiating. When he dropped the film because he’d just done Eagle Eye, the whole production fell off my radar, so I missed that they aged up the character again and brought on Bradley Cooper, a more seasoned character douche.
(No, honestly — it’s my basic understanding that Bradley Cooper only plays wretched, unlikeable characters unless he’s portraying a gay character. See: He’s Just Not That Into You, The Hangover vs. Wet Hot American Summer, Valentine’s Day. An interesting career split. Also, I like him better when he’s in love with dudes, so he should just do that more.)
I’m intrigued by the Cooper/De Niro combo, and any mild interest I had was tipped over to full as soon as a Kanye song appeared in the trailer. As suggested and confirmed by The Social Network, any movie trailers or spots that use ‘Power’ obviously plans to cater to attraction to movies about power and personal corruption.
Limitless hits US theaters March 18. I’ll probably see it.
