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Lady Gaga spoke of the need for more compassion for those who are addicted, especially in the entertainment industry, at a press conference for "A Star Is Born" at the Toronto Film Festival.
"I think what would be wonderful is that we intervene early in life when we see people struggling," Lady Gaga said. "I think that celebrity is very unnatural. I think it's important that we guide the artists and take care of them as they get up.
Gaga is in Toronto with Bradley Cooper, co-star and director of "A Star is Born", the release of Warner Bros. Gaga plays Ally, a young woman who meets an alcoholic rocker named Jackson Maine (Cooper) in a bar and pursues a love story with him as his career progresses and falls.
"I've always known that I wanted to lead since my childhood," Cooper said. "I was just terrified by that. As you get older, time is the biggest currency. He said that if we were 40, it helped him to take the position of director. "It's time to do it," he said.
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This last remake of "A Star is Born" had different iterations in pre-production (Clint Eastwood being attached to a direct and Beyonce considered as co-star). When Gaga auditioned to play Ally, Cooper asked him to clear his makeup.
"I was trying to trap him with my makeup without makeup," Gaga laughs. She dyed her hair to her natural brown color for the movie. "It was a challenge, but it was also liberating."
Prior to their meeting, Cooper said she saw Gaga perform at a fundraiser, where she performed "The Life In Rose", which inspired her to put the song in the movie.
He also changed the location of the first dating of their characters – making it a drag bar – based on a story that Gaga told him about where she played as a young artist on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Gaga attributed the success of his career to his father, who watched him on the piano as she was a little girl who wrote songs and her fans. "I joke sometimes, behind every female icon, there is a gay man," she said. "I really would not be here without the gay community, what they've taught me about love, acceptance and bravery."
She said that her instant friendship with Cooper allowed her to be more vulnerable to the screen. "I think Bradley is an incredible filmmaker," said Gaga. "I have already played, but I have never been the main actress of a feature film. Every day on the set was so exciting to watch him work. You can see the gears spinning as he works, even if he is of character.
To encourage him between takes, Cooper was telling him things like "go, assassin" or call him "ninja".
"I had the lines memorized," Gaga said. "He said that the most important thing was to know what I was trying to say. To tell the story that I was trying to tell in the scene. I could throw everything and exist in this precise but completely liberating environment. This was not rigid. It was an artistically free experience.
Gaga convinced Cooper to sing his songs live on screen. They jumped on stage in several music film festivals, pulling musical numbers in just a few minutes with just one take. "It's one thing to sing in the shower," Cooper said. "It's another to sing in front of 25,000 people. Your endorphins go and you breathe.
"I panicked on her voice," said Gaga.
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