Bradley Cooper: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

4. Phil - The Hangover Part II (And III) (2001-13)

It's not that Cooper was necessarily bad in Todd Phillips' botched attempt to rekindle the wolfpack fire, but the fact is that the film was so desperate to capture the magic of the first film that it simply did it again in a different place. That also meant identi-kit performances for all of the acting talent who in no way progressed down an narrative arc and simple had things happen to them again. By the time the third one came around promising a reinvigoration but delivering another haggard repeat, it could have been anyone in the lead roles and nobody would have noticed the difference. He might have got a healthy paycheck out of the sequels, but at no point did Cooper earn any of that money. And at no point was he actually given the opportunity to.