Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is reportedly being lined up to play late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Cobain’s widow Courtney Love has acquired the rights to Charles Cross’ celebrated biography on her late husband and McGregor – who has already played a punk star in glam rock movie Velvet Goldmine – is believed to be Love’s number-one choice to play the troubled singer.

An insider on the planned movie tells British newspaper Daily Express, “A number of actors have been talked about the role but Ewan has emerged as the number one choice.”

The project will be the first official film about the tragic rocker, who committed suicide in 1995, although moviemaker Gus Van Sant cast actor Michael Pitt as a Cobain lookalike in 2005 movie Last Days.

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UPDATE:  Kurt died on April 5, 1994 – not in 1995 as the article above said.  I guess Starpulse should do some fact checking before publishing things… anyways…sorry about the mixup.

Ewan McGregor loves stripping off on film, and considers it a gift for his female fans. The Scottish star has appeared naked In Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine and Young Adam – and promises he’ll peel off again. He told a US talk show, “I love it. I’ve been naked in quite a few films. It’s for the sisters.”

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It’s for the sisters?? Hahaha, that’s funny.

Ewan McGregor considered getting high on heroin as research for his role in cult drug movie Trainspotting, as long as screenwriter John Hodge, a doctor, was present. The Scottish movie star was struggling to capture the essence of his junkie character Mark Renton and thought he’d have more luck if he tried the drug.

He says, “I had this idea that it would be O.K. because John is a doctor, so I thought he could administer it in a hotel room somewhere so we didn’t OD (overdose) and die. In my fantasy, I was going to do it with (director) Danny (Boyle).”

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That movie is so nasty.

Ewan Mcgregor pictured being directed by Woody Allen during filming for for their new movie known only as “Untitled Woody Allen Summer Project” in South Kensington, London.

SCOTS star Ewan McGregor and Irish heart-throb Colin Farrell team up on the London set of Woody Allen’s latest movie, teasingly titled Summer 2006 Project.

The pair will co-star alongside Tom Wilkinson and a yet-unnamed female.

The film is the tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When they turn to crime, they become bitter enemies.