Bradley Cooper Breaks Down a 'Nightmare Alley' Scene with Guillermo del Toro | Vanity Fair 

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Bradley Cooper's performance was one of the best I have watched this year. He deserves to be nominated for Best Actor for that final scene alone.

This felt like two directors giving a talk on filmmaking for free.

Guillermo’s creativity overwhelms me, wish I had a tenth of it. He has this passion and drive to materialize everything as he sees it in his imagination it’s so humbling. Love him as a creative mind and as a human being. I can hear him talk for hours on end.

His sets are absolutely amazing. Practical is still the best can’t beat real interaction when actors are acting. This is a underrated director/writer love to meet this man

I love love love them. Cant say that enough! Guillermo actually creates worlds rather than films. He creates atmosphere, aesthetics and art. I am touched by his attention to detail and his total dedication to the 40s vibe. How he promises himself to a project... how he loves what he does... how he leads others into the world he has created. I adoreeee him!!!

Guillermo Del Toro is one of the coolest people on the planet. Change my mind.

Shame this movie got overshadowed by Spider-Man. I really liked it!

This better wins the Oscar for best production design.

This has definitely been Bradley Coopers best acting performance and it’s also probably Del Toros best film

Guillermo is a fantastic creative! Underrated, in a sense.

I need to watch this. Both Guillermo and Cooper are amazingly talented.

I went in expecting something else than what I saw. I loved this movie and that ending was phenomenal. Bradley Cooper definitely needs some Oscar recognition for this role. The world built was perfect and his character fits so well into it.

This was an amazing movie and you could really feel all the craft that went into it the whole way through. Very sad it didn't perform well at the box office.

They better cast Bradley Cooper as young Indiana Jones. I mean look at him

Bradley Cooper is a total student of the game. I can see him becoming a director later on in his career.

Guillermo del Toro doesn’t miss!!! He knows what story he wants to tell and he will do everything in his power to tell it!

I LOVED this movie!!! It’s being overlooked like crazy over stuff like Power of the Dog or Dune. I think it’s gonna be a classic in 10 years.

The "Geek" is played by Paul Anderson, who is best known for playing "Arthur Shelby" in the "Peaky Blinders" tv-series. I didn´t recognized him in the movie.

You don't hit a Peaky Fookin' Blinders and just expect to walk away like this, just wait until Tommy finds out! 😂 Btw, the cast for this movie is off the charts, so many good people in it.

Two masters of their craft. Saw it in theatres. One of the best movies I saw last year. Great style and performances.

Great chemistry between them

Finally saw it last night and Bradley Cooper is terrific in it

You can tel the immense respect they have for each other as fellow creators.

I'm so glad I got to see this movie in theaters, definitely one of my favorites in years and Bradley Cooper delivers a superb performance

Ugh, I love commentary like this. I need this for the whole film please. Geniuses!

Absolutely loved this movie. I immediately wanted to see it again. I'm catching so many things I missed the first time around

It's obvious these two built a strong friendship. It's awesome

Production design and directing was outstanding! All the actors were great too

love the Guillermo's back slap, seems hurt 15:43

Absolutely loved this movie! Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett's characters were captivating in their scenes!

Bradley Cooper for Indiana Jones

Couldn't wait to see this. It DEFINITELY didn't disappoint.

The ending performance of Bradley was powerful

Two talented geniuses

Every time I see guillermo in a interview I wanna give him a hug and I don't know why

I this combo! I could listen to a weekly show about the Behind The Scenes of Hollywood with these two.

Watched the movie right now. I can't express how much I admire such creatives people like Guillermo, your genius overwhelms me everytime. Thank you so much for how well you all tell stories.

Happy yesterbirthday to Coops!

WTF THAT WAS ARTHUR SHELBY AS THE FIRST GEEK !?! I guess he just wanted to hang with the all star cast.

I think this movie was better than The shape of water. It’s so beautiful and yet so Brutal

bradley cooper needs to give del Toro some room to speak

A wonderful movie. So beautifully, artfully visual. The psychoanalyst's office , for instance, is beyond attractive. Go see it. A masterpiece. Go on. Compare to the Tyrone Power film. Then comment.

After watching this whole movie through, this scene is particularly eerie.

I do love this movie !!! at the end I had goosebumps all over

Bradley is the most gorgeous actor there is!

One of my all time favorite films! Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell at their best - and one of the most atmospheric films I've ever seen (as good as Eyes Wide Shut.) Looks like it's remaining old school - can't wait to see it!!

Bradley Cooper deserves an Oscar he was so good in nightmare alley

Bradley would’ve been perfect for New Indiana Jones

The final 5 minutes of the movie, Bradley absolutely topped his performance. What we really liked about the movie that at the excact point we wondered how long the movie would take, the ball started rolling so to speak... . A must watch !

It’s obvious how much respect these two developed for each other as filmmakers on this shoot.

Just watched this on HBOMax, super great film!! Love the insight provided here

I hope this movie wins a few awards. Watched it yesterday, still mesmerized by it....

It’s such an amazing movie, shame is not getting the attention it deserves

Thank you ! Hearing the director talking about his film is so interesting ! I wish I could find this kind of content as a bonus when i buy a movie but thats more about actor's feelings and anecdotes rather than describing a scene or explaining the movie.

We need to appreciate creative people like Guillermo more. Especially in today's wold that is dominated by franchise movies and remakes.

Loved this movie 🎥 I plan to watch it again too…Buffalo NY

Love the Gollum moment of the geek. His Hobbit would be amazing...

*_GdT was talking about he "was finishing Nightmare Alley for Netflix", this was after the movie had had it's premiere?_* _What was he talking about? Was GdT overseeing an edit of a longer version for Netflix?_ _Is there a planned release date for Nightmare Alley on Netflix?_

It rendered well one of the most underrated novels in literature of all time. I loved Gresham's novel to the point of enduring a night in the disastrous hotel where he wrote it and where he later committed suicide.

I love this movie. I first discovered it about a month ago & I lost track of how many times I’ve watched it. A true gem👌🏻

I never even knew about this movie, I just stumbled upon it on HBOmax, movie was amazing

I could watch them dissect the entire movie and be completely enthralled.

wish they did a full movie breakdown

Love that they had Derren Brown help with this film! Can’t wait to see this!

wish that they could explain every scene of the movie this way, it gives it a different feeling

“Come on in, see who you are, see who you will be.” This film is brilliant. Sure to be a cult classic! 💯

I love this movie so much. The visuals are insane!!!!!!!

So proud of Guillermo, he never dissapoints.

Gracias por su trabajo saludos cordiales desde cd Nezahualcóyotl México 🇲🇽 🙂 🇲🇽 🙂 🇲🇽

I want Guillermo as my uncle.

Im so curious about the blue/orange lighting throughout the film, and what subtext might be behind those colors!

With every movie that Guillermo Del Toro makes, I get more and more disappointed that we’ll likely never see his adaptation of “At The Mountains of Madness”. One can only imagine how incredible it would be….

love the way he describes : being swallowed by the devil, entering purgatory, and you see the skeletons in the background with the geek

Beautiful movie

Having the characters fast cast in darkness is also a great way for the viewer to add their own likeness to that void to create connection

Brilliant Film. Bravo.

.Thanks for this interview. You have known how to give life to an extraordinary universe and at the same time so mysterious? It was in history the place of all oddities and exhibitions. You have infused it with a murky yet penetrating dimension and intoxicating with small details and darkness. We infiltrate Stan's soul to seize it in all its madness. Mr Guillermo knew how to create an originality and an intensity in the sets, the characters and the staging! Mr. Cooper does an exceptional job through the character of Stanton Carlisle. He knew how to give power to the character by making him evolve in the abyss of vices. He changes the register and shows how talented he is with his posture and the risks he took to bring Stanton to life. Mr. Cooper knows how to reinvent himself and that's what makes him an exceptional actor. This No longer the beauty that speaks and expresses itself but his great talent. He should not hesitate to take risks in the choice of his roles. Thank you for this interview, you help me move forward in my script and bring a new perspective and a new visual approach. I'll go see this movie to Paris.

Such a powerful movie.

This is a great film.

my fav guullermo movie is 1- devil's backbone 2- pans

The best episode so far!

A piece of art!

God do I hope Guillermo is involved in the Bioshock Movie

I watched this 2 days ago. I've told others about it. Most importantly I've asked who am I.

Most engaging movie I’ve seen in years. Thank you B & G!

I only buy DVDs that came with commentary. I wish they went through the entire movie like this.

Probably one of the best films I've seen in years since Phantom Thread.

For some reason, I used to confuse Guillermo Del Toro with Quentin Tarantino and vice versa. I even thought they were the same person as in Quentin Tarantino only. I still don't know why I was bewildered by these 2 men, they don't even look alike. Strange, isn't it ?

Im curious if her learned boxing in the style we see today or the style of that time, today people hunch forward whereas back in the day they tended to lean back

And just like that the greatest modern film friendship was born.

this movie (like the original one) is a masterpiece

this movie was SO GOOD !!!

Love them both 😊😊🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 cannot wait to see this movie!!!!!

Bradley Cooper eres un chingon ❤️❤️❤️

Just watched it and it's a masterpiece! If you're considering to watch it, do it!

Every time I see guillermo in a interview I wana give him a hug and I don't know whyvirtualhug

Bradley Cooper, tone it down man, let Guillermo talk.

I could watch them talk about this for hours.

Love them both 🤩😍🥰