Hollywood bloggers tip Scots star McAvoy for Kurt Cobain film role
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1718592007THE acclaimed star of The Last King Of Scotland is being hotly tipped to play grunge icon Kurt Cobain in a movie about the Nirvana singer's life and death.
A number of Hollywood-based internet sites have claimed that 28-year-old Glaswegian James McAvoy will be offered the lead role in the rock 'n' roll biopic.
Cobain's widow Courtney Love is overseeing the as yet un-named movie as executive producer. Unpublished diary entries written by the late star will be used to detail his life and descent into drug addiction and depression.
The screenplay for the film, due to hit cinema screens in 2009, is being penned by Troy writer David Benioff.
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