In a revealing interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bradley Cooper exposed that the street to being "Sexiest Guy Alive" was not as simple as he tends to make it look.

Born in 1975, he grew up close to Philadelphia with 1 sister, a stockbroker father, and homemaker mother. With his mom being Italian and father getting Irish, Bradley notes, " I am Catholic in my bones" ahead of including that he nonetheless prays day-to-day.

With a childhood fraught with middle ear concerns and a awful accident involving a glass lamp and plastic surgical procedure, Cooper has his share of scars.

About 50 % a decade just before he starred in the raucous comedy "The Hangover," the star of "The Phrases " gave up medication and alcohol tot ally.

He admits, "I do not consume or do medicines at all any more. Currently being sober allows a wonderful cope."

Rock bottom for the 37- yr - old actor was a quite obvious second. "I was at a social gathering and deliberately bashed my head on the concrete ground -- like, 'Hey, seem how tough I am!' And I arrived up, and blood dripped down. And then I did it all over again. I put in the night at St. Vincent's Medical center with a sock of ice, ready for them to sew me up."

We are glad to see how far he is come. The handsome results story will acquire a lot more than $ fifteen million for "Hangover Element III," which starts shooting in September. Observe the online video of a driving the scenes search at the Hollywood Reporter photoshoot down below.