Bradley Cooper aspired to be a ninja

Actor Bradley Cooper wanted to become a ninja when he was growing up and begged his father to send him to Japan to train.
The 38-year-old wanted to train in the ancient Japanese art of Ninjitsu and be like the country's mysterious ancient ninja clans, reported Contactmusic.
"I thought only ninjas understood the meaning of life and death. And so I begged my father to send me to Japan until I was 21, so I could train to become a ninja," he said.
After his ninja phase, Cooper became obsessed with soldiers and wanted to enrol in a military academy.

"I begged my father to send me to Valley Forge Military Academy. I found the number in the yellow pages. He said no. I was obsessed with soldiers, wanting to be a soldier. Being a kid, I was scared of dying. Didn't feel like anxiety, I just wanted to get to a state of comprehension about death. I wanted in a visceral way to comprehend mortality.