Bradley Cooper Has Said Some Brilliant Stuff About Working With Women

​Oh, Bradley Cooper. Not only do you have a very nice face, general acting talent, and the ability to make us best friends with Jennifer Lawrence, but you're also up for shouting about how bloody great it is to work with women. Careful, you're quickly becoming our fantasy feminist boyfriend. 

To coincide with the release of JOY on DVD, Bradley Cooper did a little Q&A about what it was like to film the movie, which sees him team up once again with Jennifer Lawrence. 

Now, if you hadn't noticed, Jennifer is a woman. Which means that Bradley had to work with a woman on this film. And he blimmin' loved it, because women are brilliant. And while that doesn't surprise us, we are pleased that he decided to talk about it. 

"I have been lucky that I've been in movies where the female characters have been very complicated and strong, women who are forces to be reckoned with," said Bradley. 

But like the rest of us, Bradley does realise that more roles need to be created for women. A sentiment that he summed up pretty neatly as: "I'm a storyteller. I love to be involved in stories about men and women that are fascinating." Indeed. 

Bradley also chatted about feminism and society as a whole, noting that the character of Joy in the film is a great role model for not needing a man. 

He explained that he's been raised to view women and men as entirely equal and with the same right to speak up.

"Look, there is still misogyny; it is a fact that we have grown up in a patriarchal society and we can't escape it," said Bradley. "But that said, when I was growing up, in our family everybody was fending for themselves around the dinner table. We were a family who argued at the table about whatever topic was going on and I loved it. 

"That helped form the way I think and speak and articulate, and that was all because I had a strong father and I have a strong mother and sister. So there was never that disparity between male and female and who gets the podium." 

Bravo to that. 

JOY IS AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD, BLU-RAY AND DVD ON 25TH APRIL, COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT​. 

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