“Everybody felt like it was a privilege every day to be on set telling this story.”
Actor Bradley Cooper, who in “American Sniper” plays Chris Kyle — the real-life Navy Seal who earned a reputation as the most lethal sharpshooter in U.S. history.
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Chris Kyle
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Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle
The movie American Sniper is based on Chris Kyle’s autobiography amazon.com/American-Sniper-Autobiography-Military-History
* Note: On February 2, 2013, Chris Kyle and a friend were shot and killed at a shooting range in Texas by 25-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran Eddie Ray Routh. County Sheriffs said the motive for the killing was unclear.
Watch a March 2012 NewsMax interview with Mr. Kyle:
Watch a February 2012 Conan O’Brien interview with Chris Kyle: