Bradley Cooper's W Cover is Total Nightmare Fodder

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• Photos: Tim Walker via W Magazine

For W Magazine's January "Movie" Issue, the artsy fashion mag convinced 39 acclaimed actors to "embrace personae that were extreme, odd, and truly fascinating" for a photoshoot with Tim Walker. The word W left out in that sentence is "creepy." What other word would one use to describe this Bradley Cooper cover, in which Cooper does his best "sexy mime" impression. Inside the magazine, he poses next to white high-heeled oxfords with a white blazer half-on, holding up a white pair of pants. But the most bizarre part about that is his reverse tanline, as astute Jezebel commenters noticed. Click for more W covers in the gallery to see how Walker transformed Amy Adams, Emma Stone, Juliane Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Kiera Knightly and Benedict Cumberbatch. W's site has plenty more photos from the shoot that will haunt your dreams.
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