Bradley Cooper wants to play Lance Armstrong

Bradley Cooper has revealed  he would “love” to play Lance Armstrong in a film about the disgraced cycling champion’s life.

The Oscar-nominated actor, who starred in Silver Linings Playbook and The Hangover, told the BBC:

“I remember Matt Damon was going to do his autobiography at one point years ago.

“I remember thinking, that would be a great character, I’d love to play that character. I would love to do something, I think he’s pretty fascinating.”

Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams’ production company Bad Robot will base the film on New York Times reporter Juliet Macur’s forthcoming book Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong.

Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Christian Bale are among the other actors whose names have been mentioned in relation to the role.