Bradley Cooper Becomes Real-Life Rocket Raccoon For Halloween

Cooper dressed up as his long-running Marvel character for Halloween 2023.

By Jenna Anderson

Halloween is officially upon us, providing people with an opportunity to dress up as their favorite characters and pieces of pop culture ephemera. For actor Bradley Cooper, that apparently meant embodying one of his most iconic roles in a whole new medium. On Tuesday, photos surfaced online of Cooper and his former partner Irina Shayk taking their daughter trick-or-treating in New York City.

While their daughter is dressed as Red-era Taylor Swift, both Cooper and Shayk sport costumes for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy member Rocket Raccoon. Cooper, of course, has lent his voice to Rocket Raccoon across the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in all three Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Sean Gunn has portrayed the motion capture component of Rocket, meaning that this costume is the closest we've gotten to seeing Cooper physically embody the role.

Will There Be a Guardians of the Galaxy 4?

To the surprise of many Marvel fans, Rocket survived the events of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and could be seen leading the latest incarnation of the Guardians in the film's post-credits scene. This has naturally led fans to speculate if a fourth Guardians film will be in the cards — but apparently, nothing is set in stone yet. 

"I never close any doors as an actor. In my career, I'm always open to what might happen next. I don't think about doing a Guardians project with a different director, but I don't anticipate that my brother's going to be directing any more Guardians movies," Gunn told ComicBook.com in an interview earlier this year. "He certainly wouldn't in the near future. I think we'd have to be old men. If more projects rise up, I would certainly be open to seeing what they are and taking a look and seeing how it goes."

What Are Bradley Cooper's New Movies?

Cooper is next set to appear on the big screen in Maestro, a biopic he directed about the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein. Maestro is described as a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. The film also stars Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, and Miriam Shor.

What Was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 About?

In Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn't long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket's turbulent past," the synopsis reads. "Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket's life-a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

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