ASIB's Luenell (Cashier) on Gaga and Bradley

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"Star Is Born’s Cashier Luenell Also Thinks Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Should Be Together"

 

You worked with Bradley Cooper on All About Steve. How did you get into A Star Is Born?
My agency contacted me, and they told me that I was doing it. I didn’t have an audition or anything like that. I just take it as a part of the lovely friendship that Bradley and I have been able to sustain since the years of doing All About Steve. He just threw me a bone.

Now, a girl on Facebook the other day said that she auditioned for the role that I got. That could be true or could not be true, I don’t know. But I know that he had four comics in the movie, and they were all handpicked: Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Griffin, and myself.

How did it feel to be a part of that exclusive group?
Well, I’ve worked with legends for a long, long time, and I’ve been in movies with them. That part didn’t throw me. It was more the fact that this is Bradley’s directorial debut, and that I get to reunite with him, and also with Gaga, whom I worked with on the “Telephone” video with Beyoncé many years ago. It wasn’t like I had that moment of Oh my God, oh my God, because I had already met with them and worked with them. It was just great to reunite.

What was it like on set in that supermarket for your scene?
We were filming in the grocery store, and the thing that’s crazy is that the grocery store was still carrying on its daily business while we were in another aisle shooting. There were people two aisles away buying cereal for their families, not knowing that two aisles over, two of the biggest stars in the industry were there. And Gaga, without her blonde hair, threw a lot of people off. She looked just like any other girl, like she did in the movie. She’s very tiny in stature. It was really funny to me that we were filming in a live, working, active grocery store.

That’s crazy! Can you tell me a little bit about Bradley as a director? Did he use the deep voice?
He did. He practiced for months on that Sam Elliott voice. I think he said he dropped his voice an octave! It was, of course, extreeeemely sexy.

Oh my gosh, I love the voice!
I mean, come on. I had to get used to it for a minute, then I was like, Oooooooooooh, this is hot! He did talk to me in that way. Of course, we took two cute, cute pictures.

Yes, I saw them on Instagram!
He’s one of the greatest guys I’ve met in Hollywood. Even when we were doing All About Steve, I got a chance to meet his parents. His parents came on set. After we shot that film, I gave a present to him and to Sandra: a bottle of cologne for him, a bottle of perfume for Sandra, and a picture of me and my daughter, who came on set. Bradley told me years later that that picture is still on his parents’ piano at his parents’ house. I mean, come on, you know? That’s amazing. He’s just one of those good guys. Just a great, great guy.

He fights for what he wants. He had to fight to get this picture made. He had to fight for like seven or eight years. Didn’t nobody want him to do it, didn’t nobody want him to do it; nobody wanted him to direct and star and write the music and sing. He took singing lessons and learned how to play the guitar. He went all-in. That’s what Oscar films are made of, dedication like that. And I know it’ll be nominated across the board.

What was it like when you saw the movie at the cast and crew screening?
My daughter had to go to a secret audition for Chris Brown, so I had to see it by myself. The theater was three-quarters full. I went in and sat in the eighth empty row by myself, with people all behind me. I’m watching the film and I’m enjoying the film, all the drag queens, Gaga’s best friend. I’m loving the falling-in-love story; everything was very inspiring. And then when it started to go south — not even when he was in rehab — but when the manager came! He said, “God, she’d be so much better without you,” and everything. When that went into Jackson’s head, and he started slipping away, I couldn’t take it. When he got out that belt — pardon my French — I ****ing lost it. I sat up there and bawled. I started crying and sniffing and blowing my nose until 20 minutes after the credits rolled. I cried so hard that the people behind me — it was dead silent in the theater, but all you could hear was me sniffing and crying. So they came to say, “Girl, are you all right?!” I cried for like 30 minutes. I was just shook. Suicide is terrible; hanging is terrible. I was a raging lunatic of tears at the end of the movie.

And what about hearing the music for the first time?
Well, who knew Bradley could sing, first of all! Gaga made it a requirement that he sing his own music, that he not loop or have it overdubbed. I thought that was pretty ballsy.

I think the soundtrack is amazing. That one song that Gaga sings, I can’t get it out of my head. [Sings] “I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in!” That’s in your head. It’s haunting. I’ve watched a lot of their interviews about how they clicked, and personally, I don’t know how she didn’t fall in love with him during the making of this film. I know he has a girlfriend and a baby, and I know she has a man, but this is what movie romances are made of, if you ask me. I don’t know how she didn’t fall in love with that man! Because I fell in love with him many, many years ago.

[Laughs in agreement]
If Bradley wanted me — I’d leave my husband if he wanted to get with me!

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I thought this was a cute interview! I can't believe they shot in an open grocery store!

Link to the rest of the interview, the whole thing is a good read!: http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/star-is-born-luenell-on-bradley-cooper-deep-voice.html

[Doncho 27,241]

She seems like a super nice person. Queen of working with mega stars!

[misunderstood 8,736]

Saying what so many of us are thinking 

[mr.peter 3,516]

She was also in the telephone video 

 

[Ghost Face 6,236]

Love everthing about this interview 

[Luke78619 22,676]

11 minutes ago, crushedlemonice said:

If Bradley wanted me — I’d leave my husband if he wanted to get with me!

We stan a woman in an unsatisfying marriage 

[Meredith Grey 3,092]

Off topic but all about Steve is one of my favorite movies and i completely forgot about it until this. The movie itself is probably one of the messiest films I’ve ever seen but something about it is so charming to me. So this is me telling all y’all to go watch it!!!

[Shipper 12,861]

Love this interview.  It is so fun and friendly and carefree.  

I miss this kind of interviews where the answers aren't practiced and there is room for genuine playful reaction and gushing. 

I stan ha!

 

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1 minute ago, monster78619 said:

*We stan a woman with taste  

 

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7 minutes ago, Shipper said:

I miss this kind of interviews where the answers aren't practiced and there is room for genuine playful reaction and gushing

Was lowkey expecting her to give the 99 ppl in a room speech

[Ashley 8,278]

She is so hilarious, I love this interview. I totally agree about Bradley’s voice in the film. 

And I guess actors with smaller parts don’t get the whole script to read? Since she didn’t know the ending. Maybe that’s common knowledge but I didn’t know.

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Totally enjoyed what this woman was saying, it felt so relatable and funny. Kinda snapped if you ask me

[Boyboi12 2,125]

I love her so much  she is super funny! 

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2 hours ago, mr.peter said:

She was also in the telephone video 

 

what part exactly?

[Dilwyn 4,090]

Cute