Bradley Cooper may be in the midst of one of the most compelling phases of his career. Now that he’s gotten A Star Is Born out of his system (and ours), Cooper is working on some interesting collaborations: A role in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, directing and starring in a Leonard Bernstein biopic produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, and—according to THR—a Paul Thomas Anderson movie. Cooper is in talks to play an unspecified role in Anderson’s upcoming film, a coming-of-age drama set in the 1970s. The highly-anticipated follow-up to Phantom Thread and all those Haim videos is said to involve “multiple storylines centering around a kid actor attending high school.” As with numerous other PTA joints, including Boogie Nights and Magnolia, this one is set in and around the San Fernando Valley.