Posted April 9, 201015 yr Twilight actor Robert Pattinson is set to play Kurt Cobain in a film about the late Nirvana frontman, it's been reported. Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, who is an executive producer on the project, has apparently made the actor the “number one choice” to play her former husband. Love is also understood to be targeting actress Scarlett Johansson to play her in the movie, tentatively titled All Apologies. "This is a big money deal for Courtney,” a source told The Sun newspaper. "She has agreed to the film on condition that she gets to decide the main aspects of the project including director, casting, screenplay and music.” Pattinson, 23, is said to be keen to take up the role due to his interest in music. "Robert has been calling and emailing her non-stop,” the source added. “She has been a bit wound up by his manners, but he is her number one choice to play Kurt. She is adamant Scarlett will play her.” Cobain, who along with Nirvana popularised grunge music in the early nineties, committed suicide in 1994. Details about a film, thought to be based on Charles Cross’ 2001 biography, Heavier Than Heaven, first emerged in 2007. Pattinson shot to fame as Edward Cullen in the hit vampire franchise, The Twilight Saga. ----------------- So it's Love's doing making this horrifying casting choice, right so who is up for personally finding Courtney and punching her for this monstrosity of a choice of "actor" for such a legend. ergh ANRGY.
April 9, 201015 yr I'm not at all surprised this is down to Love, vile money-making thing. This is truly a sad day for Nirvana fans anyway, Pattinson makes me sick. PS - Trry not to be too "ANRGY" chris ^_^
April 9, 201015 yr Author im so pissed off about this it is affecting my spelling. either that or it was a f***ing typo, grow the f*** up Heartbeat James.
April 9, 201015 yr Okay for starters, biopics often work well and you shouldn't write anybody off, no matter how bad an actor they've proved to be previously (and he's proved to be very bad, admittedly) until you've seen them in the film. A similar if not entirely alike situation is Daniel Craig going into the Bond franchise. Now he was never a bad actor by any means but everybody was insistent he'd be a terrible Bond and he turned out to be pretty terrific. Give old R-Pattz Squashyface a chance! And secondly where is that article even from? It doesn't have a single source! I'd be highly skeptical on such flimsy grounds as "it's been reported" I think.
April 9, 201015 yr Even if it does turn out to be true... this is KURT COBAIN!!!!! Robert Pattinson, play Kurt Cobain?!?! Wtf. :mellow:
April 9, 201015 yr Author Okay for starters, biopics often work well and you shouldn't write anybody off, no matter how bad an actor they've proved to be previously (and he's proved to be very bad, admittedly) until you've seen them in the film. A similar if not entirely alike situation is Daniel Craig going into the Bond franchise. Now he was never a bad actor by any means but everybody was insistent he'd be a terrible Bond and he turned out to be pretty terrific. Give old R-Pattz Squashyface a chance! And secondly where is that article even from? It doesn't have a single source! I'd be highly skeptical on such flimsy grounds as "it's been reported" I think. well Daniel Craig can act, and this is Kurt Cobain we are talking about, not James Bond. That article is from gigwise.com which is a pretty good site, but its not the only one reporting it, it's every where today, in fact Kurt Cobain and Robert Pattinson are both trending on twitter.
April 9, 201015 yr Author I think he was really good in Casino Royale. obviously didnt try as much in QoS though.
April 9, 201015 yr He was every bit as great in QoS as he was in Casino Royale, it's just the plot which let him down in the former.
April 9, 201015 yr Author Robert Pattinson NOT confirmed to play Kurt Cobain in movie Following reports in this morning's Sun newspaper, Twilight star Robert Pattinson is actually NOT confirmed to play grunge legend Kurt Cobain in the upcoming movie about his life, All Apologies. Jonathan Daniel, the manager of Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, has said the reports are false. "That's an amazing story, and the first I've heard of any of this," he told Spin magazine. "They manage to fit pretty much everyone in Hollywood into an article without one fact check. However Daniel confirmed that Scarlett Johanssen might play Love in the upcoming flick. "Courtney likes Scarlett Johanssen as an actress and as a person, so it wouldn't surprise me if she wanted her to play her," said Daniel. "I'm not sure she knows who R-Patz is, but he sure is cute." --- THANK f***
April 9, 201015 yr This topic had me update my facebook status in disgust only to say "never mind its not true", 2 minutes later lol <_<
April 9, 201015 yr Im sorry James :( Although you liked it and didnt tell me it was false at the time :(
April 19, 201015 yr Scarlett Johansson as Courtney Love...? Strange, the natural choice would appear to be Drew Barrymore surely....? Glad this whole thing about Pattinson is a false rumour... Jesus... Could you imagine it...? It would be almost as bad as getting Chris Rock or Martin Lawrence to play Nelson Mandela.... :rolleyes:
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