Bradley Cooper shot to fame with a starring role in The Hangover but his film CV also includes parts in films such as Valentine’s Day, Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch. To promote his latest, The A-Team, Bradley joined his co-stars Liam Neeson and Sharlto Copley for a chat about the film, tanning and exfoliating, and recreating the magic of Murder She Wrote.

What was it like playing Face, who has this beautiful air of vanity, in The A-Team?
Bradley Cooper (BC): You know, maybe I missed the boat because I didn’t see it that way. I don’t know why... maybe I was busy tanning! But I didn’t really see him as that vain... I guess he was, but I just thought he was bored in prison and maybe he liked being outdoors. So, he wanted to get some sun. And he was just in shape because he was a lethal A-Team member. So, I didn’t really see him as an exfoliator.

Did you sustain any injuries given the physicality of the role?
BC: Liam and I bore the brunt of most of that stuff. I tore my hamstring heading back to my trailer, after lunch. It was a brutal shoot [laughs]. Everybody else was fine. My trailer was way, way back. I could barely see it.

Are there any other TV shows you’d like to see revived or would like to take a shot at?
BC: Well, I don’t think you could re-create Angie’s performance but Murder She Wrote was the best!

Dwight Schultz and Dirk Benedict have cameos in the movie, so what was it like working alongside them? And have they given their approval to the project?
BC: I didn’t get a chance to meet Dwight Schultz, although I would have liked to because I loved Murdock when I was a kid. Dirk Benedict was great. We did a scene where we’re in a tanning booth in prison and I remember being in the make-up trailer watching him in his black Speedo being sponged with brown tan, as I was simultaneously, and thinking, “There’s something that doesn’t happen every day!” I’ll always take that with me.