RS picks cast for Nirvana movie

brainofe

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... ave-grohl/

Pre-production is underway for Heavier Than Heaven, a biopic about Kurt Cobain based on the Charles Cross biography of the same name. Courtney Love reportedly wants Ryan Gosling to play Cobain and Scarlett Johansson to play her. That’s all well and good, but who will join the all-important supporting cast? Check out Rock Daily’s fantasy casting choices after the jump.

Justin Long as Krist Noveselic: He’s got the right look and the slightly stoned demeanor, though he’s probably not tall enough to play Krist. Still, he could turn it into a franchise for when the Sweet 75 biopic is made.

Topher Grace as Dave Grohl: Grace oozes amiability, but also proved in Spider-Man 3 that he has a dark side—perhaps dark enough to hit the drums really hard.

Cate Blanchett as Eric Erlandson: Blanchett already proved she could play an esoteric male guitarist in I’m Not There, so her transition to playing Courtney’s sideman would be very smooth indeed.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Axl Rose: The key scene in any Cobain-related movie would have to be the confrontation between Kurt and Axl at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. Who better to play Mr. Brownstone than Jake?

Jack Black as King Buzzo: Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins was an early Cobain mentor, and his wild-haired, metal-kissed mania would be accurately recreated by one half of Tenacious D.

Emile Hirsch as Eddie Vedder: Because they’ve been photographed together so often, can you even tell them apart anymore?

Toni Collette as Kim Gordon: Sonic Youth provided Kurt with guidance on signing a record deal. Sure, Collette is Australian, but her sometimes ethereal presence matches Gordon’s New England spirit perfectly.

Ron Jeremy as Tad Doyle: Early Nirvana tourmates TAD were fronted by the 300-pound Doyle, who was once described as “a human vomitron.” Is there anybody who can nail repulsive better than Jeremy?

FenwayFaithful

I'm not getting a very good feeling about this.

norm

emile is the only one i agree with...i'd try to find unknowns for all the other major parts...less preconceived notions about the actors tainting their performances

norm

oh and do ya think courtney will wanna play herself? :shock:

Gary Carter

i think I'm gonna throw up

dimitrispearljam

norm wrote:

oh and do ya think courtney will wanna play herself? :shock:

PearlOfAGirl

Johnny Depp should play Eddie
Charlie Hunnam if he loses some weight looks a lot like Kurt

Kevinman

Why not have Eddie play Eddie? He's acted before.

PearlOfAGirl

Kevinman wrote:

Why not have Eddie play Eddie? He's acted before.

Do you think he'd want to?

Kevinman

HeartShapedBox wrote:

Kevinman wrote:

Why not have Eddie play Eddie? He's acted before.

Do you think he'd want to?

Not at all, just a thought.

PearlOfAGirl

Kevinman wrote:

HeartShapedBox wrote:

Kevinman wrote:

Why not have Eddie play Eddie? He's acted before.

Do you think he'd want to?

Not at all, just a thought.

I've been waiting for them to make a movie about PJ!!!

FenwayFaithful

It's coming...sort of.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/15/pearl-jam-taps-cameron-crowe-for-documentary-feature/

Kevinman

FenwayFaithful wrote:

It's coming...sort of.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/15/pearl-jam-taps-cameron-crowe-for-documentary-feature/

Sounds interesting. Hope it happens.

dimitrispearljam

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417592/

SomethingCreative

maybe they just shouldn't...

youngster

FenwayFaithful wrote:

It's coming...sort of.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/15/pearl-jam-taps-cameron-crowe-for-documentary-feature/

imdb.com has it slated as in-production so it looks like this is moving in the right direction.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001081/

It's #1 in his directors list.

PearlOfAGirl

It doesn't have a happy ending...

Still In Hiding

charlie hunnam as kurt, lady gaga as courtney

stardust1976

norm wrote:

emile is the only one i agree with...i'd try to find unknowns for all the other major parts...less preconceived notions about the actors tainting their performances

Hey! These were my thoughts exactly lol!!! But I especially don't like the idea of Jake Gyllenhall being Axl - that just doesn't sound right at all.......

rhcpjam1029

can someone show me some proof of eddie with kurt?

i always thought that they weren't that close of friends.

just thinking of it...nirvana was never really "friendly" with their contemporaries, i.e. aic, pj, soundgarden, etc. i mean all of those bands collaborated with each other so much throughout that decade but you never really saw cobain do anything more than nirvana.

Kevinman

rhcpjam1029 wrote:

can someone show me some proof of eddie with kurt?

i always thought that they weren't that close of friends.

just thinking of it...nirvana was never really "friendly" with their contemporaries, i.e. aic, pj, soundgarden, etc. i mean all of those bands collaborated with each other so much throughout that decade but you never really saw cobain do anything more than nirvana.

I thought the same thing.

PearlOfAGirl

rhcpjam1029 wrote:

can someone show me some proof of eddie with kurt?

i always thought that they weren't that close of friends.

just thinking of it...nirvana was never really "friendly" with their contemporaries, i.e. aic, pj, soundgarden, etc. i mean all of those bands collaborated with each other so much throughout that decade but you never really saw cobain do anything more than nirvana.

This is the only thing I've ever seen.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B73KEO3zlr8

Kevinman

HeartShapedBox wrote:

rhcpjam1029 wrote:

can someone show me some proof of eddie with kurt?

i always thought that they weren't that close of friends.

just thinking of it...nirvana was never really "friendly" with their contemporaries, i.e. aic, pj, soundgarden, etc. i mean all of those bands collaborated with each other so much throughout that decade but you never really saw cobain do anything more than nirvana.

This is the only thing I've ever seen.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B73KEO3zlr8

Almost.............

PearlOfAGirl

Kevinman wrote:

HeartShapedBox wrote:

rhcpjam1029 wrote:

can someone show me some proof of eddie with kurt?

i always thought that they weren't that close of friends.

just thinking of it...nirvana was never really "friendly" with their contemporaries, i.e. aic, pj, soundgarden, etc. i mean all of those bands collaborated with each other so much throughout that decade but you never really saw cobain do anything more than nirvana.

This is the only thing I've ever seen.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B73KEO3zlr8

Almost.............

It's not them?

Thoughts_Arrive

Let's hope it is not as exaggerated as The Doors.

catefrances

metsfan wrote:

i think I'm gonna throw up

me too mets me too.

eeriepadave

Dave Grohl should play himself!

He's a decent/funny guy. Just watch some of the Foo Fighters videos. And he was in The Pick Of Destiny, he can act

Thoughts_Arrive

Some tall basketballer as Krist!

SOLAT319

FenwayFaithful wrote:

I'm not getting a very good feeling about this.

That guy looks like a dufus (the one that bitch chose for Kurt)

samjam

Joe Anderson should play Kurt- they look so much alike it's pretty scary!


Anderson was in Across the Universe & definitely can sing- I think he has a great voice. But can he sing like Kurt, who knows?

One Song Glory

samjam wrote:

Joe Anderson should play Kurt- they look so much alike it's pretty scary!


Anderson was in Across the Universe & definitely can sing- I think he has a great voice. But can he sing like Kurt, who knows?

+1 Exactly my first choice.