IS ANYONE WORTHY OF WEARING THE COBAIN CROWN?

So everyone’s been yappin’/bitchin’ about that rumor that Robert Pattinson was supposed to play Kurt Cobain in an upcoming Nirvana biopic. Well, it turned out it was never true anyway, or something. Whatever. But like it or not…this movie is probably going to happen. And even though everyone is going to continue to complain as to what a slap in the face this is to the Cobain legacy (no matter who plays him), there’s a good chance that most of you who were ever fans will STILL go see this, and it WILL make money. The movie studios don’t care who/why you buy tickets, as long as you do. They just paaa-aa-aa-aa-iiii-d.

So, I was wondering the other day? Who would make a slightly less painful pick to play Kurty than the pale kid from Twilight (who legit looks like a foot)..? I can up with two names:

You guys might remember Paul Dano from Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood. He definitely pulls off that whole dirty/angst-y thing. All he’d really need to do is grow his hair out and slouch a little. He’s the right age and everything. Why not?

Or why not Michael Pitt? I know him mostly from Funny Games with Naomi Watts. He was a creepy motherfucker in that. I remember when the lights came on in the theater after is was over, thinking: “That just ruined my life a little.” (I know all the oldppl like to say the original film was better, but…whatever.) Anyway, Pitt has a good resume. He’s sort of already “played” Cobain in Last Days, a film about a guy kinda/sorta like him. So what’s the problem, Hollywood? Make the call, already. He’d totally nail it.

I’m now just wondering if anyone is going to pull off the whole singing part of this. I mean…if you could call Kurt Cobain a “singer.” Also, who could play Kurt Loder? He was important too, you guys. Srsly.

-Elise