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Take a first look at Lady Gaga in A Star is Born

18 Apr 2017

Words by Eve Watling

A man and woman performing on stage, playing guitar and singing into microphones, with a drum set visible in the background.
A man and woman performing on stage, playing guitar and singing into microphones, with a drum set visible in the background.
The pop star is appear­ing along­side Bradley Coop­er in a remake of the clas­sic musical.

The first image from the upcom­ing A Star is Born remake has been released, giv­ing us an ear­ly glimpse of bare­ly-recog­nis­able lead stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

The film marks Cooper’s direc­to­r­i­al debut, which is the fourth remake of the 1937 film of the same name. It is the first lead role for Gaga – who will be cred­it­ed under her real name Ste­fani Ger­man­ot­ta – in the musi­cal ingénue role made famous by Judy Gar­land and Bar­bra Streisand.

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This iter­a­tion of A Star is Born will have a dis­tinct­ly coun­try flavour. Gaga plays Ally, an aspir­ing singer tak­en under the wing of Cooper’s coun­try music star, Jack­son Maine, whose own career is on the wane. The couple’s roman­tic rela­tion­ship will be put under strain as her fame eclipses Jackson’s.

Gaga post­ed the pho­to on Insta­gram along with the cap­tion: ​“I am so excit­ed to star in my first movie along­side some­one I’m so lucky to call my friend. I always want­ed to be an actress on the big screen.”

She con­tin­ued, ​“The sto­ry of ​“A Star is Born is so spe­cial and I’m so grate­ful to Bradley for mak­ing my dream come true. Can’t wait for you to meet Ally.”

The film was orig­i­nal­ly set to be direct­ed by Clint East­wood, with Bey­on­cé play­ing the female lead. How­ev­er, her preg­nan­cy forced her to drop out of the project, which stalled before being picked up by Cooper.

A Star is Born began film­ing this week around Lady Gaga’s head­line per­for­mance at Coachel­la, where she also replaced a preg­nant Bey­on­cé. The film is sched­uled to pre­mière Sep­tem­ber, 2018.

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