Courtney Love May Be Looking At Ryan Gosling To Play Kurt Cobain ... And Scarlett Johansson To Play Her
A year ago this past Saturday, we asked who you thought would play Kurt Cobain in Courtney Love's planned Kurt Cobain biopic. And the consensus was: there was no consensus. But in hindsight, it seems commenter cherries knew a little something the rest of us didn't:
itll be leonardo or ryan gosling, ive heard alot abou tthis project and its not some little movie , its now at a major studio the biggest one, and is recieiving a list attention from the ceo and cfo of the studio- it snot some scramble- its already fasttracked and greenlit.That was 1/12/07. On 1/12/08, the Mirror ran an item quoting a C. Love friend, who says Court has indeed "lined up Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling to play husband Kurt," along with citing Love's not-at-all-vain belief that she should be portrayed by Scarlett Johansson. Which is all good as long as Scarlett doesn't pick up Courtney's method-acting habits; it's been 21 years since Sid And Nancy and still she's acting like Nancy Spungen's junkie friend. That's dedication to craft.
Of course none of this is confirmed until pen is put to paper, although the Courtney-friend says a contract is already in the mail to Johansson). So for now, you may fairly consider this an opportunity for us to run these pictures of the pretty people.
Looking at that picture of Scarlett, all we can think is "golden globes." On somewhat that note, congrats EdVed, Liz Lemon, female-version-of-Dylan, animated-rat-version-of-Patton-Oswalt. Don't know how you did it, Duchovny. Guess we should be watching Mad Men?
Posted at 10:17 AM in Casting Couch
Tags: Courtney Love | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Ryan Gosling | Scarlett Johansson
Oh, Love - how you wish you had the lips & tits of Miss SJ. I can see the Gosling kiddo pulling it off with wax'd locks.
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“… although the Courtney-friend says a contract is already in the mail to Johansson”
Don’t hold your breath. I’ve mailed LOTS of stuff to Scarlett. She never replies.
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SJ in Ghost World is the tops. '.. confesses that a wholesome-looking blond guy who listens to reggae gives her "a total boner."'
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Courtney Love was briefly attractive in the late '90s, around the time she starred in "Man on the Moon," but since she started using again (I'm assuming) . . .
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"a total boner"
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I hope no one supports this. It's just Courtney capitalizing on Kurt's murder again...
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Murder? Ahahahahahaha, yeah right.
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ah yes, a modern day whodunit.
and i also don't get the duchovny win. i didn't like californication.
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I don't see this happening. I think Courtney has already squandered all the goodwill and interest people had in the "Kurt and Courtney" story a long time ago.
Quite frankly, these two actors would be fools to participate in such a pointless exercise.
p.s. nice pics!
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Yes, you should definitely be watching Mad Men.
Gosling would probably do great as Kurt. He'd have to hunch a bit, but he's very plausible. I think Courtney should be played by Brittney Murphy, who is apparently already in the appropriate headspace.
Also, is it sexist of me to suddenly be convinced that a lengthy exploration of Courtney's career as a stripper would provide vital depth to the film?
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This will not work. At all.
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The only person who should even be considered for the role of Courtney Love is Amanda Lepore.
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Okay, first of all Courtney Love didn't play Nancy Spungen, Chloe Webb did. So I don't know what that snide aside is supposed to mean.
Scarlett would butcher Courtney, she's such a terrible actress. I hope she isn't cast. That's worse than the rumor that Kirsten Dunst is going to play Vivienne Westwood in an upcoming biopic which I can't even deal with thinking about.
And finally, wasn't it previously reported that she was courting James McAvoy to play Kurt? I could see that over Gosling but who knows where all of that stands now...
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ryan is a perfect piece of cute
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I really see no point in this film being made. They never work. I really wanted to like 'Closer', but it just wasn't interesting enough, and I'm much more of a Joy Division fan than a Nirvana one. Do people even listen to Nirvana anymore? That's a legitimate question. I just really feel like they were of a moment, and that moment has long since passed.
That being said, this picture of Scarlett is quite fetching.
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are you referring to "Control" by anton corbijn about Joy Division? I saw it in theaters twice and I thought it was a really good film.
Also, if you care about nirvana, which I'm sure most of you do, I say you stop paying attention to bullshit hollywood films and start watching meaningful films made by people who also care about more important things than money:
http://www.kurtcobainaboutason.com
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There's something more important than money?
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hummana hummana hummana....
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people=shit//fuck you all
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courtney should be shot in the face//anyone who thinks differently can go fuck yourself
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I think if this movie gets made it should be a "loosely based on real events" and have Kurt kill Courtney with a butter knife.
THE END
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Tina Yothers as Courtney!
http://www.kachkargroup.com/images2/Pictures/pr6.jpg
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