Ewan McGregor Mistaken for Kurt Cobain
- Posted on May 19th 2009 4:00PM by Steve Baltin
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An actor has yet to be cast to play Kurt Cobain in the late rocker's long-rumored biopic, but at least one couple may toss in a vote for Ewan McGregor. The actor tells Britain's Heart FM magazine that, while in London shortly after Cobain's 1994 death, he was mistaken for the ghost of the Nirvana frontman."This couple came around the corner and they saw me, and at the time I had quite long hair," he recalls. "I think it would be safe to say they were on some form of chemical enhancement. The guy thought I was Kurt Cobain and he looked at me and slightly panicked and grabbed hold of his girlfriend and he asked me if I was Kurt."
McGregor opted to let them hold on to their visions of an apparition. "I just went, 'Shhhh. Don't tell anyone,' and I left them really confused in the street."
Kurt Cobain Rewind
Nirvana photographed in 1991.
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana at a taping of "MTV's Live & Loud" at Pier 48 in Seattle, Washington on December 13, 1993.
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana backstage after a gig at the Motorsport Garage, Seattle, WA. 23 September 1990
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Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain, and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York City, 11/18/93.
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana performing in a dress at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ on April 28, 1990.
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during Nirvana in New York, New York, 1990
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana performing at the Plaza de Toros de Valencia in Valencia, Spain. July 2, 1992.
Steve Double, Retna
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during Nirvana in New York, New York. January 1, 1990
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Reader Comments(1 of 1)
Livyyat 5-24-2009
lol, thats funny.
but why would ewan leave them on the street confused, and obviously high er whatever, and let them think it was kurt. to me, its hilarious but yet inhuman.
Storyteller...at 5-24-2009
I can definitely see the resemblance though. If they ever cast Kurt, this guy would be a good front-runner for the part.
Robinat 5-24-2009
Please. They look nothing alike.
arernst0620at 5-24-2009
i guess 15 years ago... they could have looked similar
sprnghat 5-24-2009
Was the group Nirvana just a one hit wonder type?
I really don't know much about them.
Davidat 5-24-2009
wow...
theguitarkidat 5-24-2009
No way. They broke the crappy hair metal trend that ruled the eighties and essentially established the "grunge rock" sound of the nineties. They had a multitude of hits including "Smells Like Teen Spirit","Come As You Are", "Drain You", "All Apologies","Heat Shaped Box" and many others. They helped make MTV what it is (unfortunately).
They are still my favorite band 15 years after Kurt Cobain's death(I am wearing a Nirvana shirt right now actually). This band changed my life. I never cared much about music when I was a little kid. I discovered Nirvana when I was 13 and fell in love with their music. I have subsequently gone to hundreds of concerts (most recently Rock on the Range last weekend in Ohio).
More importantly they inspired me to begin playing guitar. Although the music I play now is dramatically different (I am getting my degree in classical guitar from an central NY college and study Flamenco guitar privately with Maria Zemantauski (one of the worlds most famous female flamenco composers)) Nirvana's music made me love music for the first time in my life. I can play Bach and Tarrega on the guitar now thanks largely to this band. I would have never followed music as a career path (I will probably end up teaching music at a H.S or elementary in NY as well) if not for their music. Do a Wikipedia search on this band. It's music affected the world of music. I never write on these things, but I know I am getting old (I'm only 27!) when people think Nirvana was a one hit wonder. I just wish Kurt had'nt killed himself. It sucks when someone whose music has influenced so many people dies so young (he was only 27 too). I guess noone really owes the world any music but it sure seemed like a real waste. But then again he was married to Courtney Love.....that could explain anyones suicide.
Nieceat 5-24-2009
You know as everyone knows that kurt was a hell of rocker man i mean my son is into him and we are talking generation apart and i think thats the coolest is when your own kid can enjoy em the way you did back when ane hey my son would love if people would compare him to kurt cobain !! play along and dig it! just me niece!! SMILE
Whats up, Lisa?!at 5-24-2009
I don't think they look anything alike. I really don't get how anyone can still idolize Kurt Cobain. He was nothing but a druggie loser who blew his own brains out with no regard for his wife, his child, or his fans. Some role model, eh?
Geniusat 5-24-2009
Nirvana rocks, it has always been one of my favorite groups. This guy looks nothing like Cobain and the people on the street were stupid. And to what's up Lisa? What famous rock star hasn't been on drugs? What rock have you been hiding under? Some of the best musicians have died from drugs, that doesn't mean they are any less talented moron.
gillaginsoccerat 5-24-2009
HAHAHAHA!!! That's GREAT!!
loveinc1at 5-24-2009
NO....NO .....NO....WHAT THEY MEANT IS HIS CAREER IS LIKE CURT.....SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD AND DEAD AND GONE!!!
clewis3516at 5-24-2009
I have an autographed copy of Ewan McGregor that a friend got for me a few years ago. He had long dirty blond hair and bit of whisker on the face. In my photo he is a dead ringer for Kurt Cobain.
theguitarkidat 5-24-2009
He inspired alot of musicians. I guess it depends on what you think of as a role model. He made his living playing a guitar, something that many people would love to be able to do (how do you make your living?). I am a music student and I take student loans and brave treacherous CNY winters in the hopes that maybe someday I can make my living playing a guitar. I will make my living off music, but it will most likely be in a classroom not in front of tens of thousands of cheering people like Kurt. The kids that I will teach music to, will go on to teach music to future generations of kids, and so on and so forth (what contributions can you say you have made past the small scope of your family). If not for the band Nirvana, I would have never discovered Classical music and decided to make music a career. Kurt Cobain did what all people who truly love to play music set out to do....he made music people wanted to listen to. And he made music millions of people loved and still love to this day. He got hooked on drugs....so do millions of hard working, church going Americans. He killed himself....an unfortunate choice likely influenced by his drug use and the seldom mentioned chronic stomach problem he had (since childhood) that led to the cycle of addiction to opiates and ultimately his suicide. Who are we supposed to look to as role models---Barack Obama, a crazed egomaniac bankrupting our countrys future??Oprah Winfrey??Hannah Montana?? Kurts music had a positive effect on many, many people. It's sad that people aren't perfect.....I hope you get canc#r you piece of s**t.
theguitarkidat 5-24-2009
He inspired alot of musicians. I guess it depends on what you think of as a role model. He made his living playing a guitar, something that many people would love to be able to do (how do you make your living?). I am a music student and I take student loans and brave treacherous CNY winters in the hopes that maybe someday I can make my living playing a guitar. I will make my living off music, but it will most likely be in a classroom not in front of tens of thousands of cheering people like Kurt. The kids that I will teach music to, will go on to teach music to future generations of kids, and so on and so forth (what contributions can you say you have made past the small scope of your family). If not for the band Nirvana, I would have never discovered Classical music and decided to make music a career. Kurt Cobain did what all people who truly love to play music set out to do....he made music people wanted to listen to. And he made music millions of people loved and still love to this day. He got hooked on drugs....so do millions of hard working, church going Americans. He killed himself....an unfortunate choice likely influenced by his drug use and the seldom mentioned chronic stomach problem he had (since childhood) that led to the cycle of addiction to opiates and ultimately his suicide. Who are we supposed to look to as role models---Barack Obama, a crazed egomaniac bankrupting our countrys future??Oprah Winfrey??Hannah Montana?? Kurts music had a positive effect on many, many people. It's sad that people aren't perfect.....I hope you get canc#r you piece of s**t.
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