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Cooper to star in Spielberg's 'American Sniper'

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Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper will reportedly star in Steven Spielberg's forthcoming film "American Sniper".

The film is based on a book "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History", penned by by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice, reports contactmusic.com.

The book is about Kyle, who was shot and killed at the Texas shooting range in February. The rodeo cowboy became the Navy SEAL chie, who had the highest number of sniper kills in the US military.

He held a record of 160 deadly shots.

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First Published: May 04 2013 | 2:01 PM IST

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