Bradley Cooper may just be getting exactly what he's wished for. Last week the "Silver Linings Playbook" actor told BBC News that he would be interested in playing Lance Armstrong in the upcoming biopic, and now, director JJ Abrams said that he has been speaking to Cooper about the part.

"[Cooper] sent me an email and we've been talking," Abrams told ET.

"I would be interested in [playing Armstrong]," Cooper told BBC News. "I think he's fascinating. What a fascinating character."

Abrams is directing the film adaptation of Juliet Macur's upcoming "Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong."

UPDATE: Bradley Cooper is now denying that he was hoping for the role. "Oh my God, that’s so nuts!" Cooper told Access Hollywood. "I was in Manchester, doing the BBC morning show… I had no idea what [the interviewer] was talking about. I didn’t even know that J.J. has the rights, I had no idea.”

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  • Matthew McConaughey

    McConaughey has been on a career renaissance of late (the McConaissance, as he told HuffPost Entertainment), and this is the type of juicy leading role that could get him an Oscar. Since he's friends with Armstrong, however, maybe put the odds of this happening at Infinity-to-1.

  • Jake Gyllenhaal

    It almost happened once before ...

  • Jeremy Renner

    Squint and these two could play brothers.

  • Ryan Gosling

    Every movie benefits from more Gosling.

  • Sam Worthington

    In case Jeremy Renner is too expensive.

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Because he starred in "Premium Rush." (See, also: The bike behind him.)

  • Tom Cruise

    Both Cruise and Armstrong weathered career low points opposite Oprah Winfrey.

  • Jared Leto

    Remember when Leto played Steve Prefontaine? He just needs to grow his eyebrows back.

  • Damian Lewis

    Because Lewis is used to playing guys everyone hates.

  • Christian Bale

    Bale won an Oscar for playing a drug addict in "The Fighter"; imagine what he could do with Armstrong's sordid PED history.

  • Kevin Bacon

    Kevin Bacon can put his "Quicksilver" skills to good use!

  • Rob Lowe

    Picture him with a buzz cut. They kind of look alike?

  • Daniel Day-Lewis

    Day-Lewis is so versatile, he could play Armstrong <em>and</em> the bike.