According to FemaleFirst, singer Courtney Love would really like Gosling to play the part of her deceased husband, Kurt Cobain. Love is the producer for the movie and also asked Johansson to play her in the movie Heavier Than Heaven, which is a biography of the life of the Nirvana singer. The movie was written by Charles Cross.
A source stated, "Kirsten Dunst was rumoured to be in the frame, but 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".