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"Bradley Cooper is stripping down to his skivvies for his latest role.\r\nThe Pennsylvania-raised actor, 37, is currently starring in a revised version of The Elephant Man at the Williamstown Theatre in Massachusetts. Cooper plays Joseph Merrick, a man who suffers from extreme deformities during the Victorian era. With the help of hired actress Mrs. Kendall (Easy A&amp;apos;s Patricia Clarkson, 52), Cooper&amp;apos;s character goes from being the town freak show to &amp;quot;the toast of London high society.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe Elephant Man holds a special place in Cooper&amp;apos;s heart, as it was one of his late father&amp;apos;s favorite films. &amp;quot;My father was a huge cinephile. I remember watching Raging Bull with him on cable when I was 10, and when I was 12, him showing me The Elephant Man and Apocalypse Now -- all these crazy movies,&amp;quot; he told Marie Claire in April 2011.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We use to play this game, &amp;apos;Would you put him in the movie?&amp;apos; We&amp;apos;d pretend we were putting together this great film and decide whether an actor was worthy to be in it. It was this adorable father/son thing,&amp;quot; Cooper recalled. &amp;quot;I would live with movies for weeks, pretending I was whoever was in it. As a kid, I just knew I wanted to be up in that world.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe Elephant Man -- which also stars Jurassic Park III&amp;apos;s Alessandro Nivola, 40 -- is scheduled to run until August 5."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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