John Wells is hoping he’s cracked the flavour for Burnt, which stars Bradley Cooper as a charming, arrogant chef.
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Adam Jones was a Michelin starred chef riding high at the top of the Paris restaurant scene, until his risky lifestyle caught up with him and he lost it all.
“When I was a kid I would screw up cooking with my grandmother”. But all that sudden success went directly to his ego, and that, in turn, sent him down the path of excess, drinking, drugs and overall debauchery that ruined his reputation.
Now Cooper doesn’t seem to be rehashing his Jack Bourdain role from Kitchen Confidential. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star he’ll need the best of the best on his side, including the lovely Helene (Sienna Miller of Foxcatcher and American Sniper).
Bradley Cooper had a banner year in 2014. If you thought Chef was too breezy and casual, and needed more handsome people and obstacles to the protagonist’s eventual redemption, this looks like the movie for you.
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It also helps that there’s a stellar cast surrounding Cooper that includes Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Alicia Vikander, Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson, Jamie Dornan, and Lily James. By combining equal measures of comedy, drama, and sexual tension, the spot makes for a tantalizing appetizer to the main course, which will arrive hot from the kitchen on October. 23.
