Courtney Love says she lost ‘Fight Club’ role after rejecting Brad Pitt’s Kurt Cobain movie

Los Angeles, Dec 30 : Singer and actress Courtney Love joined Marc Maron for an interview on the "WTF" podcast and said that David Fincher hired her to star opposite Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in 1999s Fight Club.

Love said she had won the part of Marla Singer, eventually played by Helena Bonham Carter in the film, reports Variety.

The "Hole" frontwoman was fresh off strong reviews for The People vs.Larry Flynt at the time.According to Love, she got fired from Fight Club after rejecting Brad Pitts pitch for a Kurt Cobain movie.

Love said she "went nuclear" on Pitt after he and director Gus Van Sant approached her about making a Kurt Cobain movie.Love and Cobain married in 1992 and they were together until his death in 1994 at age 27.Van Sant eventually made the Cobain-inspired drama Last Days, starring Michael Pitt, but Love said this wasnt the project Pitt and the director wanted her approval on."I wouldnt let Brad play Kurt," Love said."I went nuclear.I dont do Faust.

Who the f**k do you think are?"Love added that she told Pitt the following: "I dont know if I trust you and I dont know that your movies are for profit.Theyre really good social justice movies, butaif you dont get me, you kind of dont get Kurt, and I dont feel like you do, Brad.

"It was after rejecting Pitts Cobain movie that Love was then fired from Fight Club, she said.According to Love, Norton broke the news to her.The two were romantic partners at the time."He starts sobbing," Love told Maron.

"And he was like, I dont have the power."A source close to the film confirmed to Variety that Love did audition for the role in Fight Club but said she was not offered the part.

"You cannot be fired for a job you didnt get," the source added."Its common knowledge that roles are not decided by other actors but by the director.

"Fincher allegedly called Love afterwards to confirm she was off the movie.Bonham Carter took over the role instead in the film, which originally bombed at the box office but has since become one of Finchers most popular directorial efforts.

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