While Cooper clearly has good looks, charm and charisma, I was not entirely convinced he could handle a leading role.
He admits finding it more difficult to handle a substitute's role than the pressure of being the most expensive British footballer in history.
So, could he have handled a leading role at the movies?
Tavares, the Bandits' captain, has his own way of handling a leadership role.
The dark-haired Ms. Schaffel, who is much prettier than Jane is supposed to be, handles a huge role with remarkable aplomb.
The audience, too, needs to be fooled for a while, and Mr. Sarsgaard handles a tricky role with sly aplomb, allowing doubt and then revulsion to mix, drop by drop, into our impression of him.
After seeing what Mr. Varganyi called his hand-drawn "cartoons" of the large bearing, Mr. Wang wrote back expressing doubts that her company could handle a weld that played a role in holding the turntable atop the crane tower.
In one message, Ms. Wang expressed doubts to Mr. Varganyi that her company could handle a weld that played a role in holding the turntable atop the crane tower: "And honest speaking we don't have confidence on this welding".
Whether or not Adam could handle a refined on-field role, perhaps not playing every week, and the pressure associated with such a big club are key factors.
While Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express found him unconvincing, NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee wrote, "He provides evidence that he can handle a wider range of roles than he is usually allowed to play".
