you go through to play Chris?
A. Here's the thing about acting. I had three
months, and I had to choose what to become
comfortable with.
And the thing that we talked about choosing
was the weapons, three sniper rifles — the Mark
11, the 338 Lapua, and the .300 Win. Mag. — and
being dexterous with those three. Because
you're watching [Chris] on the gun, so I really
focused on getting into the mindset of what it
would be like to be a sniper. Not so much about
the training of becoming a Navy SEAL, which I
would have loved to have done.
But we only had three months, and I sort of
supplemented that with the weight training. So
it was about the guys who were training me,
with live ammo, with those three weapons.
Q. This is the first time you've worked with
Clint Eastwood directed his latest film, "American Sniper," in his signature style of quick
takes. Cooper says he learned how to nail a scene quickly.
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