From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Multi-hyphenate Bradley Cooper has two films out,

Lickrish Pizza in which he plays real-life Wildman producer John Peters,

and Nightmare Alley,

in which he stars as carnival worker turned conman, Stanton Carlyle.

Cooper commits to all his roles,

but says he did hesitate to bear all in Guillermo del Toro's dark drama. I still remember that day just to be naked in front of the crew

for six hours. It was Tony Collette's first day. You know, it was just like, whoa, that was pretty

heavy. In the first of a two-part interview, Cooper talks about how he prepared for each role.

His short but memorable turn as John Peters was just nominated for a SAG Award.

And Cooper reminds us that he's dealt with Peters before. Cooper, of course, made A Stars Born,

a remake of a 1954 film that producer John Peters had already remade in 1976 with his then-girlfriend,

Barbara Streisand. Cooper tells us why he was so committed to writing and directing a remake

of a remake, even though everyone told him not to do it. But first, we banter. Stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my companion in banter.

Matt, Bellany.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So, Bob Chepic, who I, he's been on the job a couple of years now, but Bob Iger only just left Disney.

And even though Chepic has been really steering that company for quite a while now,

it feels like he is finally free, clear, still feels kind of new in quotes.

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