Bradley Cooper Makan Tiap 55 Menit Perankan Film American Sniper
How Bradley Cooper Ate Every 55 Minutes to Gain 40lbs for America Sniper
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
DIA BARU SAJA dinominasikan sebagai Aktor Terbaik Oscar atas perannya sebagai Chris Kyle di American Sniper, film yang menggambarkan sniper paling mematikan dalam sejarah Amerika.
Tentu tidak mengherankan bahwa Bradley Cooper berupaya keras membuktikan kemampuannya menjalankan karakter di film.
Guna menambah bobot tubuh hingga lebih 40 kg hanya dalam beberapa bulan, aktor 40 tahun terpaksa makan empat kali lebih banyak dari makan kebanyakan orang.
Aktor pemeran utama American Hustle belum lama ini mengatakan kepada Vanity Fair ia termotivasi untuk menaikkan bobot tubuh secara alami.
Dia pernah pula mengurangi bobot tubuh, dengan diet yang terdiri dari hidangan seperti sup labu saat berlatih untuk perannya di Broadway untuk perannya di The Elephant Man, sebagaimana dinyatakan Vanity Fair yang dikutip MailOnline.
Bradley juga berlatih menembak senapan dibantu sniper Navy SEAL Kevin lacz, yang pernah bertugas bersama Kyle, tokoh yang diperankan Bradley.
"Dia benar-benar membuktikan dirinya mampu dan layak," kata Hall. "Hari kedua, di pagi hari, ia pergi ke sana dan secara konsisten menembak target seukuran cangkir teh dari jarak 800 meter."
Bradley bekerja keras untuk menangkap persona penembak jitu, bekerja dengan pelatih vokal dua kali sehari dan menonton berjam-jam rekaman yang menampilkan Kyle, yang meninggal pada 2013.
"Dia berhasil memerankan karakter Chris Kyle," kata Hall.
Kyle menjadi sniper paling sukses dalam sejarah militer Amerika, mengklaim membunuh lebih dari 255 targetnya lebih dari enam tahun, dengan 160 di antaranya secara resmi dikonfirmasi oleh Pentagon.
Pada 2 Februari 2013, Kyle tewas seperti yang dilakukannya pada sejumlah orang yang dibunuhnya.
Hari itu, di tempat latihan menembak Texas, mantan marinir Eddie Ray Routh menembak dan membunuh Kyle dan temannya, Chad Littlefield.
Motifnya masih belum jelas, namun diperkirakan Routh menderita gangguan stres pasca-trauma.
Film drama perang ini meraih sekitar US$90,2 juta dan rekor tertinggi pemutaran perdana.
Secara keseluruhan, film ini mencetak enam nominasi Oscar, termasuk Film Terbaik, Aktor Terbaik, Skenario Adaptif Terbaik, Penyunting Film Terbaik, Tata Suara Terbaik, dan Tata Padu Musik Terbaik.
HE'S JUST BEEN nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Chris Kyle in American Sniper, portraying the deadliest sniper in American history.
So it comes as no surprise that Bradley Cooper went to great lengths in order to get in character.
In order to gain more than 40lbs in just a few months, the 40-year-old actor was forced to eat four times the amount recommended for an average person.
The American Hustle star recently told Vanity Fair he was motivated to bulk up naturally, having been sober for 10 years after a period of drug and alcohol abuse.
He has since lost the weight, with a diet consisting of dishes like pumpkin soup while rehearsing for his current Broadway role in The Elephant Man, as stated in the Vanity Fair piece.
Bradley also practiced shooting a rifle with the help of Navy SEAL sniper Kevin Lacz, who previously served with Kyle.
‘He actually proved himself to be really good,’ Hall said. 'The second day, in the morning, he went out there and was consistently hitting 800-yard targets the size of a teacup.’
Bradley laboured to capture the late sniper’s persona, working with a vocal coach twice a day and watching hours of footage featuring Kyle, who died in 2013.
‘He managed to find this essence of Chris Kyle,’ Hall said.
Kyle became the most successful sniper in American military history, claiming 255 kills over six years, with 160 of them officially confirmed by the Pentagon.
On February 2, 2013, Kyle met his own death in the way he had killed so many others.
That day, on a shooting range in Texas, former Marine Eddie Ray Routh shot and killed Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield.
The motive remains unclear, but it is thought Routh was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The war drama earned around $90.2 million and set a record for the highest-earning January opening.
Overall, the film has scored six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
