Despite transitioning from supporting roles to leading roles in the late 2000s with a string of successful films including “The Hangover” and “The A-Team,” Bradley Cooper still loves a good cameo, and “10 Cloverfield Lane” is just the tip of the iceberg. In 2015, Cooper briefly appeared in four episodes of “Limitless,” the follow-up TV series to his 2011 film of the same name.
But while the argument can be made that his involvement was necessary to connect those two projects, there’s less justification and more delight surrounding his cameo in Paramount Pictures’ “Dungeons and Dragons.” The 2023 fantasy adventure film sees Cooper transform into Marlamin, a halfling with a golden heart and a fondness for women twice his size. According to co-director Jon Francis Daley, he landed the A-lister in much the same way that J. J. Abrams did: by working well with him on a prior project.
“I did a show [in 2005] called “Kitchen Confidential” with Bradley that only lasted 13 episodes. We had so much fun on that show because the stakes were so low,” Daley told Variety. “[For ‘Dungeons and Dragons,] I sent him a letter saying like, ‘It’d be fun to play again.’ He had just seen the film. He called it a triumph … and he was like, ‘I’m on board. Sign me up.'” The moral of the story? Work with Bradley Cooper, become his friend, and he just might cameo in your future projects.
