A Star Is Born (2018)

WHAT WENT WRONG

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Hollywood, Acting, Directing, Blockbuster, Movie, Flop, Film, Disaster, History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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How did the 4th (or maybe 5th) version of ‘A Star is Born’ take almost 20 years to make… and why did it almost star Russell Crowe and Beyoncé?! This week Lizzie and Chris break down Bradley Cooper’s 2018 directorial debut, and discover why Lady Gaga was initially a tough sell. Find out how everyone from Jamie Foxx to Metallica had a hand in this Oscar nominated film’s journey to the screen.

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0:00.0	Hello, and action.
0:20.0	Hello, dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of What Went Wrong,
0:25.0	your favorite podcast full stop that just so happens to be about movies
0:28.5	and how it is nearly impossible to make them, let alone a good one,
0:33.1	and I'm excited to talk about what I think is a pretty good one tonight.
0:36.8	As always, I'm going to kick it over to my co-host, Lizzie Bassett.
0:40.3	Lizzie, how are you doing?
0:42.3	Well, thank you, Chris.
0:43.5	I'm doing pretty much.
0:44.6	Oh, yeah, for us.
0:45.4	I can't even do it.
0:46.7	I can't get that low either.
0:48.3	By the way, it's only his speaking voice.
0:51.2	When he sings, he goes into normal Bradley Cooper register. Yeah, sorry, I was
0:55.8	trying to do my best Bradley Cooper as Jackson Mayne and it didn't quite work. That's because we are,
1:01.8	of course, talking about the 2018 version of a star is born today. A star! A star! I'm also very
1:09.4	excited to talk about this because I also think it's a really good
1:12.3	movie. And that's it. Okay, great. Yeah, that's it. Nothing went wrong. No, I'm excited. I enjoyed this
1:20.7	film. Lizzie, I'm assuming you'd seen it before. Oh, you betcha, brother. I saw this in theaters
1:26.1	and I've seen it many times since and I love it every time.
1:30.2	I do want to mention at the top before we get into this because of the subject matter of this movie
1:34.3	and we're going to talk about the many iterations prior to this version of it. There is going to be
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