Courtney Love has trashed rumors regarding Robert Pattinson portraying her late husband Kurt Cobain in Oren Moverman’s upcoming biopic on the Nirvana frontman.
“Isn’t that so stupid, who would cast him? That’s just wrong, no offense,” Love admits to the Canadian press. “I watched the ‘Twilight’ stuff very, very recently and I get it, it resonates with the teenaged girl in me, I understand epic love of that nature; I write about it all the time. But isn’t [him playing Cobain] silly?”
Love added her own two cents noting Ryan Gosling and James McAvoy as actors she’d like to see in the role but ultimately puts her trust in the producer friend Trudie Styler whose involvement went a long way in the Hole frontwoman’s cooperation with the production. That said, don’t expect Love to exactly be lining up at the box office on opening day — the rocker feels it’d be too difficult to sit through and will likely pass on it.
Gosling would be a great choice for the role and we’ll give Love kudos for having an eye for talent but we just can’t see him taking it up. The delicate McAvoy, on the other hand, is all sorts of wrong for the role. We previously presented underrated character actor Ben Foster — who somewhat resembles Gosling physically anyway — for your consideration and would still love to see where he could take the character.
Second to the casting of Cobain, it’ll be interesting how Love will react to the actress blessed, or cursed, with portraying her. We’re sure the outspoken rocker won’t resist letting the world know what she thinks. And let’s not forget Shelley Duvall who has already been cast by Dave Grohl as himself. [via Vulture]
