Top 5 Suggestions For Actors For Kurt Cobain Biopic

By Daniel Dominguez on March 5th, 2010

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With Universal officially putting their Kurt Cobain bio pic on the fast track, and a director already picked to helm the film, it’s high time we start thinking of actors who would be able to pull off playing the revered, troubled rock star with all the grace he brought to his own frustration and ennui. Many actors have been tapped for the role, and there are going to be some obvious suggestions–but in the spirit of Kurt Cobain himself, who hated the obvious, here are some suggestions that you might not think of to place Kurt Cobain straight away, but would nonetheless do a fantastic job:

1. William H. Macy

Macy specializes in playing frustrated misanthropes. He may not look much like Kurt Cobain, but no one else in Hollywood is nearly as able to capture suburban angst like William H. Macy. Also, special effects could be employed to make his jawline more ‘depressed looking.’ In fact, William H. Macy has often been referred to by friends and coworkers as “The Kurt Cobain of fifty-plus-year-old emotionally-stable successful men who get along well with their friends.”

2. Common

Let’s face it, a Kurt Cobain biopic appeals to a very specialized audience. What better way to draw more people to the film than by having Kurt Cobain be played by rapper and rising screen star Common? His exceptional and nuanced performance as Sir Ivy in “Smokin’ Aces” laid the foundation, and proved that he could employ the twin acting tools of both looking angry while you are shooting at someone, and crying after you have been shot.

3. Claire Danes

Claire Danes is an exceptional actress. And with her recent star-remaking turn in “Temple Grandin” she has proved that she can pull off a biopic. And since Kurt Cobain is more or less Temple Grandin, minus the autism, she would be perfect for the role. Plus she and Kurt Cobain have a lot in common. They both wore plaid all through the ’90s, both of them list their favorite movie as “All Dogs Go To Heaven,” and they both get aroused when you tickle the small of their back with a feather.

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4. Jar Jar Binks

He just needs the money. Somebody, anybody, help him.

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5. Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrel

They all managed to band together to play Heath Ledger when he died before completing his work on “The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus,” and all are actors at the height of their careers and abilities. In addition, through a tragic twist of fate, while on the set of “The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus” they were accidentally glued together with a powerful adhesive that the costume department had been using that fell over and onto them during the filming of a scene. There is no known solvent to melt the adhesive. So ever since then Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell have been glued together and had to do everything together. Jude Law has complained that the worst part about it is having to be there while, “Colin goes to the bathroom,” because, according to Jude Law, he is, “so very noisy and messy.”