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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Cameo Is a Brilliantly Silly Twist of Fate<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Paramount Pictures</p> <p><em><strong>Warning: </strong>This post contains mild spoilers for </em>Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-bradley-cooper-became-the-worlds-biggest-movie-star">Bradley Cooper</a> has demonstrated a lot of range over the years, but his most recent role required him to shrink down—literally.</p> <p>In <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves-sxsw-review-it-rules"><em>Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves</em></a>, an actually successful film adaptation of the popular tabletop role-playing game, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/chris-pine-on-harry-styles-spit-dont-worry-darling-drama">Chris Pine</a> and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle-rodriguez-on-why-she-almost-quit-the-fast-and-the-furious-and-her-tears-for-paul-walker">Michelle Rodriguez</a> play a bard and a barbarian on a quest to save their child. The young girl, Kira, is Edgin’s (Pine’s) daughter biologically, and Holga (Rodriguez) has been a maternal presence throughout her life. After springing themselves from prison, the two team up with a druid (Sophia Lillis) and a mage (Justice Smith) to take down their shifty former partner-in-crime, played by <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hugh-grant-trashes-drew-barrymores-horrendous-singing-voice">Hugh Grant</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-bradley-cooper-dungeons-and-dragons-cameo-explained">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Paramount Pictures

Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Bradley Cooper has demonstrated a lot of range over the years, but his most recent role required him to shrink down—literally.

In Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, an actually successful film adaptation of the popular tabletop role-playing game, Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez play a bard and a barbarian on a quest to save their child. The young girl, Kira, is Edgin’s (Pine’s) daughter biologically, and Holga (Rodriguez) has been a maternal presence throughout her life. After springing themselves from prison, the two team up with a druid (Sophia Lillis) and a mage (Justice Smith) to take down their shifty former partner-in-crime, played by Hugh Grant.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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