Ewan McGregor to play Kurt Cobain?

January 17, 2007 1:48 p.m. by Justin Sheppard

Via: Drowned in Sound
Take this one with a grain of salt, but it appears that Ewan McGregor has become the frontrunner to play Kurt Cobain in the upcoming movie based on the late grunge icon's life. The film, based upon Charles R. Cross's 2001 book Heavier Than Heaven, is currently in the early stages of production.
Am I the only person who sees this as a terrible choice? I'm not taking anything away from McGregor as an actor, but he doesn't scream "Kurt" to me, especially given that he's, you know, British and also several years older than Cobain was when he died. Is this a good choice? Bad choice? Leave some comments/possible suggestions below.

8 Responses

January 17, 2007 at 3 p.m.

Chris G

Michael Pitt would be perfect (although it would be ironic and a bit too "close"/funny since he did a Cobain-esque performance and personae in Last Days by Gus Van Sant.

January 17, 2007 at 3:15 p.m.

Matthew Gasteier

While I don't necessarily agree that this is as bad as you think it is, I will point out that if there was a rumor that an american was going to play a british rock legend, people in england would flip the **** out.

January 17, 2007 at 4:28 p.m.

Jeff

Hey, did you see Velvet Goldmine? The character Ewan played was more of an Iggy Pop type, but he was actually a dead ringer for Cobain.

January 17, 2007 at 4:28 p.m.

mk	they flipped out when zellweger was bridget jones.

January 17, 2007 at 11:26 p.m.

jamestown

let the members of weezer play cobain.

January 18, 2007 at 8:13 a.m.

joe

I think it is a good choice and as Jeff said he did look much like Cobain in Velvet Goldmine. When I saw that movie I was like he's got to play kurt if they do a movie about him. Go watch goldmine.

January 18, 2007 at 11:52 a.m.

Justin

well i can see in his face he could pull off cobain, but i don't know.

January 22, 2007 at 6:15 p.m.

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