run in the lagoon and lunch at Locanda Cipriani

VENICE LIDO – Bradley Cooper arrived unexpectedly and incognito at the Venice Lido on Saturday morning. Rehearsal in great secrecy to be present and realize live and above all personally “soundcheck” of his film in cinemas. As you know, the American actor will not participate in the 80th Venice Film Festival, which will open the day after tomorrow with the premiere of his long-awaited second directorial film “Maestro”, claiming the Golden Lion. in solidarity with the strike of actors and authors of Sag-Aftra. However, Cooper doesn’t want to leave anything to chance and wants to make sure every detail is taken care of in the best possible way.

Bradley in the lagoon

Therefore, on Friday, he advised the organizers of the exhibition to urgently visit the Lido. The Biennale very happily opened the doors of the Palazzo del Cinema, as always with exquisite accessibility for a star whose construction is still in full swing. He was accompanied in the still dark rooms by the director of the film festival, Alberto Barbera, with his right hand, Angela Savoldi, and sound engineers. Bradley was very pleased, the test went well and thanked everyone. He arrived in the Lido from Corsica, where he was on vacation.

His escape to the lagoon ended with lunch at Locanda Cipriani. Unwittingly, the actor found the director Barbera himself as a table neighbor, also at Locanda Cipriani, for a half-day vacation with his family. As for red carpet arrivals, here are some rumors from qualified sources: Penélope Cruz will not arrive at the Lido, while among others there will be two great Hollywood stars who were almost certainly absent due to the strike. Instead, Adam Driver and Jessica Chastin will be at the Lido. They could not refuse Venice.

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