Barbra Streisand Didn't Exactly Go Gaga Over Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Remake

Barbra Streisand didn't mince her words last night when asked about the most recent adaptation of A Star Is Born.

Speaking to The Project's Lisa Wilkinson while promoting her new album, Release Me 2, the legend of stage and screen divulged that she thought the 2018 film, featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, was incredibly similar to her own version from the '70s.

The Streisand version of the film, which starred the singer alongside Kris Kristofferson, was a modern retelling of the 1954 Judy Garland musical - which in turn was based on the 1937 film of the same name starring Janet Gaynor.

However, Streisand claims that her performance was vastly different to her predecessors, while this newest iteration - which was also directed by Cooper - takes a few too many cues from her own version.

"Let’s talk about that a bit," she said to Wilkinson during the chat. "When I did A Star Is Born, I thought that Judy Garland was so great in it I thought, ‘Oh my god, how am I going to do this? I have to change it. I’ll become a guitar-playing singer-songwriter, and Kris Kristofferson is already a singer-songwriter, and we’ll change the story a bit.’"

Streisand continued: "At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyoncé. And I thought, ‘That’s interesting.’ You know, really make it different again. Different kind of music, you know, integrated actors, I thought that was a idea. 

"So I was surprised when I saw how alike it was to the version I did in 1976. I thought it was the wrong idea. Look, it was a big success, so I can’t argue with success, but I don’t care about... I don’t care so much about success as I do originality."

You can check out the full interview below: