Courtney Love Selects Actor To Play Kurt Cobain
Published Sunday, 13th January, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Courtney Love has chosen who she wants to play Kurt Cobain and herself in a forthcoming movie about her relationship with the former Nirvana front man.
Portraying Cobain on the £30 million pound film (around $60 million) Heavier Than Heaven, will be actor Ryan Gosling (from the film Half Nelson) and Scarlett Johansson will be playing Love, reports the Daily Mirror.
Apparently Courtney Love will also be co-producing the movie, which is based on the Charles Cross biography of Cobain.
A source told the paper, that "Kirsten Dunst was rumoured to be in the frame, but Courtney really admires Scarlett and has already sent the contract out for her to sign."
The source continued: "She wants the best actors to portray them - she will be on set all the time giving Scarlett and Ryan advice on what it was like being one part of the most notorious couples since Sid and Nancy . It will be explosive."
