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"Bradley Cooper is eyeing the lead role in the Lance Armstrong biopic. JJ Abrams has revealed that the actor contacted him to express an interest in the biopic.   The Star Trek into Darkness director&amp;#039;s Bad Robot Productions recently acquired the rights to Juliet Macur&amp;#039;s upcoming book Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong. &amp;quot;[Cooper] sent me an email and we&amp;#039;ve been talking,&amp;quot; Abrams told Entertainment Tonight at the Producers Guild Awards. Cooper has previously expressed an interest in playing the disgraced cyclist, calling him a &amp;quot;fascinating character&amp;quot;. Armstrong recently admitted to Oprah Winfrey that the allegations surrounding his using banned substances during his sporting career were true. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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