Legendary actress Barbra Streisand isn’t a fan of the Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper-fronted A Star is Born remake anymore. Speaking on the Australian talk series The Sunday Project, Streisand said she now believes the 2018’s remake “was the wrong idea.”
Streisand, who starred in 1976’s version of the movie and won an Academy Award for writing the feature’s theme “Evergreen,” was initially supportive of Gaga and Cooper’s version. She visited the remake’s set at one point and went on to praise the film and call it “wonderful” in a later interview.
However, in The Sunday Project interview, Streisand walked back on the praise and said she supported the remake when she thought Will Smith and Beyoncé would play the leads. The EGOT-actress also stated that the new movie is too close to the one she did with Kris Kristofferson.
“I don’t care so much about success as I do originality,” Streisand concluded.
Will Smith and Beyoncé were mentioned at times as being interested in doing A Star is Born remake, but never together. Smith reportedly wanted to do it with Jennifer Lopez in the early 2000s, while Beyoncé was supposed to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in a Clint Eastwood-directed remake.
The 2018’s version with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in lead roles was a huge hit, earning $436.2 million at the box office and picking up eight Academy Award nominations. Gaga received Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for the movie’s song “Shallow.”
Both this version and Streisand’s are remakes of the 1937 original starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. There is also a version from 1954 starring Judy Garland and James Mason.
