Bradley Cooper on Renee Zellweger: I just love her

According to most reporting, Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger met for the first time about three years ago when they began work on a horror-suspense film called Case 39. While the film languished in post-production and then release-date drama (it’s taken more than two years to get this film out, seriously), Renee and Bradley began a friendship, and then began dating. Allegedly, they’ve been going out for something like a year and a half, maybe. Maybe 16-17 months? Whatever. In that time, Bradley and Renee rarely speak about each other publicly, although both have acknowledged that they are a couple. Additionally, there are very, very few photos of them together, and when there is the rare tabloid story about them, it falls into one of two camps: either Renee is clingy and Bradley is irritated, or they are sickeningly in love and plan to marry. Eh. Sometimes I forget they’re dating.

So, Case 39 is finally getting released (this week!), so Bradley thought he’d take the time to finally say something nice about his girlfriend/costar. He told Entertainment Tonight: “I never met her before this movie, but I just love her.”

Should Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger have a “full-on relationship,” or just a “purely physical” one? The real-life couple gets flirty on-screen in a scene from their new supernatural thriller ‘Case 39,’ in theaters Friday, and we have a sneak peek!

“He’s a great actor, great actor,” says Renee of Bradley. “I just got so excited, not believing that I was going to go to work with him.”

“Can’t say enough about her,” raves Bradley of his co-star. “I never met her before this movie, but I just love her. I love coming to work. I love acting with her. I can learn so much from her.”

‘Case 39’ finds Renee as Emily, a family services social worker in Oregon whose worst fears are confirmed when she discovers that the parents of 10-year-old Lillith (Jodelle Ferland) try to kill their only daughter. Emily takes Lillith in and enlists the help of psychologist pal Doug (Bradley) as she searches for an ideal adoptive family for the bruised little girl. But soon, dark, supernatural forces surrounding Lillith become apparent, and attempts to protect her invite an even greater horror…

“It’s so fun to be scared,” says Renee. “It’s so fun to go and see a film that manages to make you uncomfortable, and yet you don’t want to walk away from it; you still want to watch it and have that experience.”

[From Entertainment Tonight]

Aw… although, it doesn’t actually sound like he’s saying “love” in a relationship kind of way, though. He sounds like “Dude, I totally love those shoes.” You can have a relationship with those shoes, of course. But will your shoes be jacking their face with the bad sh-t?

Header: Bradley and Renee, August 7, 2010. Also: in December 2009. Credit: WENN.

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