Bradley Cooper said he does not allow chairs on the sets of his films

After receiving critical acclaim for his directorial debut, A star is bornin 2018, actor Bradley Cooper He is currently promoting the second film he directed and starred in, Artist, band leader.

Speaking with Spike Lee for Variety’s Directors on Directors series, Bradley explained that he doesn’t have any chairs on set because he believes they cause “energy dips.”

“When I go out, I don’t watch the playback,” he said. There are no chairs. I’ve always hated chairs in groups; Your energy drops the moment you sit in the chair.

While Bradley clearly respects the hierarchy of a film set, many were disappointed by the expectations he places on the cast and crew when he’s at the top.

Others pointed this out video And in interview footage, Bradley jokes about sitting on “apple boxes” instead of a chair – suggesting that sitting isn’t completely off-limits.

Interestingly, Bradley is not the first director to engage in the “chairs on set” rhetoric. Christopher Nolan Facing similar backlash in 2020 when Anne Hathaway said diverse: “Chris also doesn’t allow chairs, and his logic is that if you have chairs, people will sit, and if they’re sitting, they’re not working.”