Bradley Cooper spray tanned every day for a star is born

Lady Gaga had to do without makeup during her audition for A star is born (and during filming)but his director and co-star Bradley Cooper really had to play on the product for his role as rock star, Jackson Maine, who fought against alcoholism and drug addiction.

In a new interview with Refinery 29, legendary makeup artist Ve Neill, head of the film's makeup department, revealed what was needed for Cooper to become a tired songwriter / performer who was supposed to look "gritty," in distress and a motorcycle during a heat wave, "writes the website.

"I tanned it every day," Neill said. "I made him do the whole body [spray] tanning every two weeks, then every morning, I would tan in his chair. "

Wondering what magic product gave him that sexy cowboy tan? Ve Neill relied on Vita Liberata Phenomenal 2-3 weeks Tan Moss, which is expected to last 15 days or more after just two applications.

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To complete his look, Ve Neill used Tom Ford Bronzer and a gray-green MAC eye shadow at Ashbury. But on the days when he must have looked "really messed up," she applied [Premiere Products] icing a red gel at the top of the eyelids and at the bottom of the lash line "it seemed so that he had really been up all night drinking," said Ve Neill.

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But to really look away, she used menthol to give her bloody eyes. "I suffered in his eyes all the time, so he looked high and drunk. We did everything to make him look exhausted.

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Before the premiere of the film, LA Times said Cooper had actually wiped Gaga's concealer, mascara and lipstick with a make-up remover during her audition to see her "completely open" and "no-nonsense".

And throughout the movie, Gaga kept a simple makeup, wearing just a lip balm and a moisturizer every day. "That put me exactly in the place that I had to be, because when my character talks about the ugliness that she feels – that's right," Gaga said at LA Times. "I'm so insecure. I like to preach, but I do not always practice what I preach. "