Bradley Cooper has accidentally triggered a tempest in a teapot with his recent comments seemingly directed towards Cillian Murphy, and the internet is having a field day.

It all went down during Cooper's appearance on Variety's Actors on Actors interview series, where he and Emma Stone engaged in the topic of how much time it takes to prepare for a movie, with Cooper's upcoming role as American composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro being a focal point.

Fans speculated that Cooper may have taken a subtle dig at Cillian Murphy, particularly in reference to Murphy's role as American physicist J Robert Oppenheimer and his chances of winning the Best Actor Oscar for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

Cooper remarked,

In the eyes of vigilant fans, Cooper's words weren't just an innocent discussion about the creative process - they were a calculated strike at none other than Murphy.

“there’s just no way........

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