Courtney LoveCourtney Love has reportedly asked Scarlett Johansson to play her in the forthcoming biopic about her marriage to Kurt Cobain.

Courtney is an executive producer on the new film based on the biography ‘Heavier than Heaven’ and according to the Mirror, Courtney is keen to sign up the Nanny Diaries actress to star.

An inside source told the Mirror: “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.”

“This is a labour of love for Courtney and she is putting her heart and soul into making it an accurate, credible glimpse of her life with Kurt.”

Courtney is also said to be lining up Ryan Gosling to play Kurt: “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.”