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Hauser, who will be seen in The Naked Gun reboot with Liam Neeson and The Fantastic Four: First Steps this summer, relished playing quirky con man Larson and made the most of the opportunity to focus his performance on one 48-hour period of the contestant’s life.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In a guest role that’s been extremely well hidden in the months leading up to the premiere, Bradley Cooper turns heel as Elijah Gemstone, a degenerate con man who sees right through Abel Grieves’s lucrative scam before plugging him in the forehead.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
That expression has worked for a number of different characters over Cooper’s career: a carnival con man in Nightmare Alley, an arms dealer on a terrorist watch list in War Dogs, a nature lover with anger issues and a supremely punchable face in Wedding Crashers.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
The American people deserve a gifted cardiothoracic surgeon who can provide a steady hand during a time of crisis, not a con man who will sacrifice your health and taxpayer money to make a quick buck.
—Erin Everett, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
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Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In a guest role that’s been extremely well hidden in the months leading up to the premiere, Bradley Cooper turns heel as Elijah Gemstone, a degenerate con man who sees right through Abel Grieves’s lucrative scam before plugging him in the forehead.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
That expression has worked for a number of different characters over Cooper’s career: a carnival con man in Nightmare Alley, an arms dealer on a terrorist watch list in War Dogs, a nature lover with anger issues and a supremely punchable face in Wedding Crashers.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
The American people deserve a gifted cardiothoracic surgeon who can provide a steady hand during a time of crisis, not a con man who will sacrifice your health and taxpayer money to make a quick buck.
—Erin Everett, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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