Actor and director Bradley Cooper, along with his co-star Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Andra Day on the London premiere of his latest movie, “Is this thing on?”, Tuesday (October 14).
Solved inspired by British comedian John Bishop’s life and access to stand-up comedy, “Is this thing on?” See married couples Alex (Will Arnett) and Tess (Laura Dern) decide that it’s time to split, after many decades together.
Alex faces the Middle Ages and divorce and is looking for a new purpose in the New York comedy scene.
Meanwhile, his wife, Tess, victims of their family, and force them to navigate with co-parents and new identities.
“Is this thing on?” is Bradley Cooper’s third film as director after “Maestro” and “A Star is born.”
“It’s about engaging in life somehow,” and “getting out of stagnation,” Cooper told Reuters as he premiered the movie at the London Film Festival.
Bishop said it was “so surreal” for a movie written that was inspired by his life – especially an instructed by any of the Cooper Tool.
Unlike Bishop, who debuted for a small amount of seven on a modest pub, Arnett’s character Alex starts his career in New York’s legendary comedy cellar.
When he talked about the film’s message, Arnett told Reuters that he hoped people would take the message that it is “never too late to be happy.”
“Is this thing on?” is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 19th.
