Well the scoop is in, Ewan McGregor is to play the part of rock legend Kurt Cobain in a movie about his life. McGregor was hand-picked by Cobain’s widow Courtney Love to take on the role of the Nirvana frontman who killed himself back in 1994 at the young age of 27.
A source states, ”A number of actors have been talked about for the role but Ewan has emerged as the number one choice. Despite being 35, he looks young enough to play him.”
Love decided that it was time to tell Kurt’s story after she acquired the rights to the book “Heavier Than Heaven”, a biography written by Charles Cross. While Courtney confirms the project, she says that it’s still in “an embryonic stage” and is still trying to find a home with a film studio.
On the fansite moonwashedrose.com, Courtney wrote, “It has no script and no director attached, but if the movie is made it will of course be an A list and high end film.”
If this movie gets a green light, it will be the first movie about Kurt Cobain’s life, his music & his relationship with Courtney Love.
You tell me- Is it about time for a Kurt Cobain movie, or could you have waited a little longer? Do you agree with Courtney Love’s choice of Ewan McGregor to play the role of Cobain?
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30 Responses for: Ewan McGregor to Play Kurt Cobain in New Nirvana Movie
1 | The Celebrific Lowdown - Celebrific
January 18th, 2007 at 11:32 am[…] Filmsy: Ewan McGregor to play part of Kurt Cobain in new movie […]
2 | Josh Miller
April 6th, 2007 at 8:29 amI really don’t think Ewan Mcgregor is the right one for Kurt. I will admit he is a great actor, one of my favorites, and he woudl probably do the role as much justice as he could give but I just don’t think he fits in there.
3 | Medium Seen
November 5th, 2007 at 9:41 ami think ethan hawke could play a more convincing kurt cobain..but who knows..
if courtney love fucks this up..she will be hated even more..but i think she knew cobain best..no matter what anyone else thinks..
4 | zee
January 5th, 2008 at 1:33 amI agree..Ewan is the best Kurt hands down.
5 | kai
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:32 pmi defenitely think that tobey maguire should play kurt cobain…he looks more like him with the touchups and is more age ranged with him
6 | kai
January 29th, 2008 at 9:54 pm7 | mike
January 29th, 2008 at 9:58 pmyeah he defenitely does with long hair..plus he has blue eyes like kurt and sort of has that quietness like him too
8 | Cory
March 12th, 2008 at 9:29 pmI think Ryan Gosling would steel the show like no ther could.
9 | Alex
May 9th, 2008 at 10:57 amWell, as “Curt Wild”, McGregor payed a pretty good “out there” Iggy Pop kind of Biafra rock star in Velvet Goldmine” (I haven’t seen anything quite like it yet). Also as “heroin addict”, he did a pretty solid wasted in Transpotting too, so….I will say he can be good as “tortured genius” Cobain.
10 | gus d
May 13th, 2008 at 9:09 pmI think Ewan is a good choice, but Heath Ledger would have been perfect for the role. RIP Heath and Kurt
11 | MAtt
May 19th, 2008 at 3:34 pmi think hes pretty good to be kurt theyll probably make him look like him im sure
12 | Spedaniel
May 19th, 2008 at 6:17 pmI think its to soon, the Doors movie was well done and its was almost twenty years after Jims death. I love Kurt and there should be no movie just yet, just wait untill like maybe 2015 or untill music gets good again.
I just hope it all falls apart and takes along time to come out, and then its a huge block buster and Nirvana is number 1 in the charts again. Its the only good that can come of all of this, the music, the ghost, and the guitar….
The Nameless Angel.
13 | sicc
May 20th, 2008 at 4:09 pmWell, Ewan McGregor is good looking and a good actor!
But I think Emile Hirsch or Johnny depp would be a better choice, their acting is beautiful! They look like curt, if they can use blue lenses. The hair, the cheek and the smile is perfect!
14 | megan bormann
May 27th, 2008 at 6:49 amthat fucking bitch courtney killed kurt! don’t let her help make this film she’ll twist things and make all her faults his and make his memory isolated of fucking goodness!
that fuck fucker courtney is a fucking 2 - timeing dick head bitch!
evidence - on the night of kurt cobains death he wrote a suicide note later on that same niht investigaters came round to search for evidence and crime scene conclutions and found a hand writing kit in courtney’s bag. evidence shows she used it and her thumb and finger prints were all over it.
later on one of the investigaters admitted that courtney had told them to keep quite and payed tham a sum of $25,000 not to tell anyone what they had discoverd in her back pack (the handwriting kit)
i hate her!
love u kurt ur ledgend still lives on and will allways be in ur name!
15 | ry not
May 27th, 2008 at 8:15 pmi think johnny depp looks more rocker compare to others. eventhough he’s old enough but he looks like cobain in 40 years old
16 | samantha
May 29th, 2008 at 4:58 amjohnny depp hands down. his pasion for his roles should suit kurt down to a tee, and you must admit, his shaggyness is much like mr cobains RIP kurrrrt !!
17 | Marcus
May 30th, 2008 at 1:48 pmi definately think he can pull it off…he has a face similar to kurts as the structure and shape. i think it’ll be better then zach effron playing kurt cobain…if no one has heard of it, there’s supposedly a movie that’s going to happen with zach effron playing kurt cobain (effron being the main role on high school musical). so yes, i agree with ewen mcgregor being kurt cobain.
18 | anna
June 9th, 2008 at 5:41 amI agree that another actor, who looks more like Kurt could have been chosen, but they perhaps wouldn’t have been able to pull off such a in-depth character as Kurt Cobain. Having just seen a “Trainspotting” last night, and having been blown away by Mcgregor’s performance, I believe he can do it hands down!
19 | Victa
June 12th, 2008 at 5:57 pm2 b honest, i dont think any1 can do the perfect Kurt, so whether its ewan mcgregor or not its neva gona b perfect
20 | Shawn
June 15th, 2008 at 3:09 pmJared Leto would look like a spot-on cobain with long blonde hair, but the acting is most important. Ewan is best for acting…
21 | Matthew
July 1st, 2008 at 4:39 pmumm jared leto no… hell no i repeat the part in fight club where he almost gets killed best part in the whole movie, fucking douche.
as for who should be kurt, i love ewan, cause hes a great actor, he was great as obi-wan and he was great in big fish, but as kurt i dunno… personally i think joe anderson the guy who played max in across the universe should be kurt i mean during the scene when lucy is singing blackbird, hes sitting by the docks looking all troubled n shit, he looked spot on like kurt thats just my opinion but yeah
22 | ANNABELLE
July 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmIM SO HAPPY THAT YOUR TAKING THE PART OF KIRT COBAIN (EWAN BABY) COURTNEY LOVE MY FAVORET SINGER PICKED YOU EWAN KIRT COBAIN WAS A GREAT GUY AND AMAZING ROCK STAR AND I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THE GREAT ROCK STAR ALWAYS LOVE YOU EWAN THANKYOU COURTNEY LOVE FOR PICKING THE RIGHT GUY
23 | Anna Kendrick
July 8th, 2008 at 10:38 pmi agree there should be a movie about kurt cobains life. i know that he probably wasnt a choice but i think that johnny depp would play a good kurt because of his performance in “fear and loathing in las vegas” i think that he could play the role as kurt very well.
24 | jesus
July 10th, 2008 at 6:08 amfuckin eh joe anderson all the way ewan has the same facial structure and is a wicked actor but joe anderson would accualy be spot on cause hes got that kinda druged up look in his eyes and the perfect hair and just the way he goes about himself like his body language is perfect
25 | Mirjana
July 14th, 2008 at 7:39 amHi to everyone!
McGregor is definitely a great choice,
but I presonaly think Brad Pitt will pull out the roll of Cobain in the best manner.
He is an actor capable of portraying various personality types, he has something in his appearance that recalls Cobain(not the lips, not the eyes, but something in general, and he can compensate that fact with accurate mimicking of Cobains facial expressions and acting out Cobains emotions (which show in Cobains eyes and lips)), and age factor shouldnt make a problem(with now days possibilities:)), and so on.
This is my suggestion, if Courtny is to choose from, Hollywood, Blockbuster actors.
Most certainly Cobain is very unique, and so far no one can completely reestablish his vibe, persona, appearance and creativity.
Maybe Courtny shoud make an audition for new talents, or look for guys who have private lifestyle more similar to Cobains.
Cobains talents are definitely unreplacable!
No copy will ever be as original as the original!
26 | mynx_c
July 16th, 2008 at 8:54 amemile hirsh and johnny depp… are good calls!!!!!!!!!! great acting, similar looks! jared maybe too, but he’s not laid back enough..
27 | Bridget
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 pmI totally think it would be awesome!!.. But even though Ewan McGregor is my favorite actor, it doesn’t seem like him.. He is like a romantic, sci-fi guy.. like on Star Wars and Moulin Rouge, But.. you never know, he might suprise us!!:D! you go Ewan, you sexsi thing!!…lol..:D
28 | pearl105
July 27th, 2008 at 11:12 amDefinitely Toby McGuire should play Kurt Cobain. Someone who looks like Cobain. Jared Leto also. Great Actor (requiem for a dream)
Ewan McGregor does not have the look.
29 | ANNABELLE
July 29th, 2008 at 6:50 pmEWAN MCGREGOR IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE KIRT COBAIN CHARACTAR. I FEEL THAT IT’S TIME TO TELL THE WHOLE KIRT COBAIN STORY COURTNEY LOVE IS A WONDERFUL PERSON GREAT SINGER SINCE THE DEATH OF HER HUSBASND AND HER FRIEND IN HER BAND SHE HAS HAD A HARD TIME AND IM GLAD SHE’S DECIDEING TO TELL A STORY ABOUT HER HUSBAND BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY HURT WHEN HE DIED. AND THANK YOU COURTNEY WERE EVER YOU ARE FOR PICKING EWAN HE IS SO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOTT AND DAMN PERFECT FOR A ROLE LIKE THIS SINCE I SEEN HIM IN VELVET GOLDMINE HE DID A MARVOLIS JOB IN THAT FILM AND IM SO IN LOVE WITH EWAN MCGREGOR ALWAYS AND I WILL CHERISH HIM IN EVERY FILM HE’S IN ALWAYS .
30 | Shannon JH
August 4th, 2008 at 3:00 pmRiver Phoenix could have stolen it but……….RIP
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