Ryan Gosling Scarlett Johansson Kurt Cobain Biopic; Courtney Love Asks Scarlett Johansson Ryan Gosling To Star In Kurt Cobain Biopic “Heavier Than Heaven

January 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Tagged as Courtney Love · Kurt Cobain · Movies · Ryan Gosling · Scarlett Johansson

Courtney Love has asked Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling to star in a movie based on life of her late husband Kurt Cobain; the Nirvana star committed suicide in 1993. Entitled Heavier Than Heaven, the biopic is based on a biography of Kurt written with Courtney’s help.

“…Courtney really admires Scarlett and has already sent the contract out for her to sign. “She wants the best actors to portray them - she will be on set all the time giving Scarlett and Ryan advice on what it was like being one part of the most notorious couples since Sid and Nancy. It will be explosive.”

“She wants the best actors to portray them - she will be on set all the time giving Scarlett and Ryan advice on what it was like being one part of the most notorious couples since Sid and Nancy. It will be explosive.”

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3 responses so far ↓

Flower. // Feb 7, 2008 at 1:28 pm

First, Scarlet shouldn’t do it. She wouldnt be able to pull of Courtney’s skanyness because she is stunningly beautiful. Unlike the monster that is courtney love.
Secondly, he died in 1994 not 1993.
Thirdly it wasn’t suicide.
Fourthly the book Heavier Than Heaven consists of so many false facts made up by Courtney and if you honestly believe he killed himself and she had nothing to do with it then even the book contradicts itself! How do you explain that?
Lastly, this is obviously another attempt of getting yet more cash from exploiting Kurt and at the same time trying to convince the world he killed himself.

JUSTICE FOR KURT.
Todd Watson // Feb 18, 2008 at 4:36 am

Flower, he did kill himself. He was a manic depressive and a junkie, and he mentioned suicide in 18 of his last 23 interviews. He also had several suicides in his family. I’ve seen the conspiracy theory documentary Kurt and Courtney, but that’s just a movie. Filmmakers can make you believe anything. People often don’t want to believe that he killed himself because they think suicide is reprehensible and they admire Kurt. I don’t personally believe suicide is always reprehensible (though I think it was in his case considering he had a child). I don’t believe in heaven or hell. And I still admire Kurt. A person doesn’t need to be a moral giant to be a brilliant artist. Actually, the two rarely mix.

I like the choice of Ryan Gosling. But I’m not so sure about Scarlett Johannsen. She’s too pretty and not crazy enough to play the part well.
Jay Drizzle // May 10, 2008 at 2:48 am

Brittany Murphy is the only one skanky enough to pull it off though, believe it or not she may be too old by now (cant belive I’ve lived long enough to write something like that).