Cooper: 'I did A-Team for Liam Neeson'

Bradley Cooper has revealed that he accepted his role in The A-Team because of director Joe Carnahan and actor Liam Neeson.

The actor said that he decided to join the cast of the action movie due to his admiration for Neeson and the '80s television series of the same name.

The 35-year-old told Teen Hollywood: "Well, there weren’t a plethora of action movies that were coming to me, and I fought for this. The reason I wanted to do it was Joe Carnahan and Liam Neeson were attached, and I asked for a meeting with Joe and we met and we literally hit it off. We talked for like two-and-a-half hours and it felt like five minutes."

As for the movie's high level of physicality, Cooper added: "I found myself discovering new bruises every time I came home at night. Epsom Salts were my saviour on this movie. I still have a scar actually from the butt of the gun [on my right shoulder]. I still have it from the gun training we did. I got banged up on this movie."

The A-Team is currently in US cinemas and arrives in the UK on July 30.