Oscars 2020: Here’s Why Bradley Cooper Is Happy To Be Associated With Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker

Actor-producer Bradley Cooper, who is a co-producer on “Joker“, feels the film’s writer-director Todd Phillips is a visionary and adds that he feels honoured to be associated with the film.

The film, an origin story about superhero Batman’s biggest enemy Joker, got 11 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Other categories are: cinematography, adapted screenplay, costume design, sound mixing, sound editing, original score, film editing and make-up and hairstyling.

Thanking the film’s cast and crew, Cooper said: “I’m so incredibly thrilled for Todd Phillips, (the film’s co-writer) Scott Silver, Joaquin Phoenix, (co-producer) Emma Tillinger Koskoff, (composer) Hildur GuAonadAttir, Lawrence Sher, Mark Bridges, Jeff Groth, Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland.”

Cooper also thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “Thank you to the Academy for recognising their talent and contribution. Todd Phillips is a visionary and I couldn’t be happier for him. I’m truly honoured to be a part of ‘Joker’,” he added.