Courtney Love has announced her casting choices for the upcoming Kurt Cobain Biopic. We get the news this morning from the delightful WEBMASTER at Filmjunk:
This week there are reports that Courtney Love has decided on her two favourites to play the role of herself and Kurt, and the two lucky winners are… Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling! Of course, it remains to be seen whether or not either of them would even be interested. With Love acting as her own producer, it seems like this is only wishful thinking right now, although she has supposedly sent a contract out to Johansson already in the hopes that she would sign on the dotted line.
I actually think Courtney is right on the money with her choices. I can totally see Gosling as Kurt Cobain, grow the hair out, bleach it blonde, grow some scruff and the likeness is totally ther. I think Scarlet is a bit of an upgrade compared to Courtney Love, but a few weeks of hard partying and no sleep should make her ready for the role. These two are hot commodities right now and both have the bonus of growing up through the Kurt Cobain years.
When Nevermind broke – I was in grade 9. Kurt Cobain was huge and grunge music was everywhere overnight. Metal was getting over commercialized and the grunge backlash was startling to say the least. Bands that played arenas a few years before were now reduced to playing small clubs; the decadent rockers were left with wheels spinning wondering what the hell had happened. A dude in a cardigan (with issues) was spilling his guts out on the radio and it was connecting with a generation of kids in a powerful way.
Love him or hate him, Kurt Cobain was a prophet a poet and a pied piper to a lot of people. When he blew his millionaire head off, I was at school and the mood was heavy. Lots of people were visibly bummed out, and those with dark senses of humor immediately began crafting Kurt Cobain suicide jokes (which remain a hit to this day). The voice of a generation, a man throngs looked up to, just took his life; legions were down a hero and left dazed, wandering the wastes considering the meaning of it all.
I am pumped to see this movie. I like Nirvana but would not consider myself a huge fan; that being said – you cannot deny Kurt’s place in Rock And Roll history. He changed the game and his story is one that needs to be told.
Gosling is a good choice. I think another great choice would be Joe Anderson who played Max from Across the Universe. I got freaked out a few times in watching the movie because he looked just like kurt cobain.
Scarlett Johannson and Ryan Gosling? More like D.J. Qualls and Roseanne Arnold!
They say that courtney offed him.. life moves on though.
Who will play Dave Grohl!? He’s got more talent in a pinky than Cobain ever had. He’s not dead though, so they have to make a movie about two people I couldn’t care less about.
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Well, there was that brief period after People vs Larry Flint was released when Courtney actually cleaned herself up and looked really good. It’s only now that she looks like a cokehead.
Amen Kristina. Good music does not a good man make.
I like his music, but it’s a little disturbing that this guy has been so glorified. Nothing glorious about blowing your brains out.
She got to be on drugs. You can’t use one of the hottest actresses in hollywood to play one of the ugliest people. It wouldn’t be a true adaptation to the story.
I like something from almost all kinds of music; yet I never liked Nirvana. I remember some people being so upset when Cobain died, and I couldn’t care less.
Gosling is about six inches too tall
It baffles me that the big Cobain-biopic hasn’t already been made. Everyone knows that this has to happen at some point.
Gosling is a great actor and a good choice look-wise. He’s got a bit of a rebellious vibe about him that suits this part well.
Scarlett is way hotter than Courtney, but that is of course not a bad thing.
I say do it.
As a director I would suggest Anton Corbjin, but he is probably sick of making movies about young depressed rock stars who commit suicide after playing in a legendary band.