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In another lifetime,Bradley Cooperwas nowhere near the pines.

He was like, Thats not the movie that we had signed up to do, Cianfrance explained.
Coopers involvement partially funded the project, so Cianfrance immediately went to convince Cooper to come back.
He shared, I was like, Can I come talk to you?
It was only in the last five minutes [when I convinced him].
I think he just got tired.
He wanted to go to bed.
How many of us have won fights just because the other person was tired?
Ok, but did any of them result in the masterpiecePlace Beyond the Pines?