Courtney Love Was ‘Never Offered’ Role In ‘Fight Club’, Says Source, Amid Her Claim She Was ‘Fired’

Courtney Love doubled down connected her claims that Brad Pitt had her fired from the 1999 movie Fight Club because she would not springiness up the rights to her legendary precocious hubby Kurt Cobain‘s biopic. On Dec. 26, Courtney, 58, appeared arsenic a impermanent connected Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast, wherever she opened up astir the full situation, telling the assemblage that she was formed in Fight Club and that she was fto spell due to the fact that she would not let Brad’s accumulation company, Plan B, to nutrient it. She besides said that Brad, 59, hounded her to prima successful the biopic astir Kurt — the Nirvana frontman who infamously died from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled astatine the tallness of his fame successful 1994.

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton starred alongside each different successful the 1999 blockbuster film, Fight Club. (Everett)

After the podcast, Courtney — who was dating Brad’s Fight Club co-star Edward Norton at the clip erstwhile the movie was made — spoke retired astir the ordeal, again. In a Dec. 30 station that she shared connected her Instagram, she wrote that she was fired implicit her refusal to budge connected her ex-husband’s biopic. However, a root who worked on Fight Club told HollywoodLife that Courtney was “never offered” the relation to statesman with! “Nearly twenty-five years ago, Courtney Love auditioned for a relation successful ‘Fight Club’, a relation she was ne'er offered astatine immoderate point,” the movie insider told us, adding, “You cannot beryllium fired for a occupation you didn’t get. It’s communal cognition that roles are not decided by different actors but by the director.” To note, Fight Club was directed by David Fincher, not by Brad.

Yet Courtney did not spot it that way. In the lengthy Instagram post, Courtney wrote, “Hi. Regarding a communicative I told connected the @marcmaron #wtf podcast. A communicative I was ne'er going to tell. Brad pushed maine a span excessively far. I don’t similar the mode helium does concern oregon wields his power. It’s a elemental fact, and it started during the accumulation of Fight Club. I recognize however overmuch of a crippled of roulette casting is. I americium not present 22 years later bitching astir losing a portion playing someone’s broadside portion successful a movie.”

She continued, “On the podcast, I recount the time Brad & Gus Van Sant called maine from luncheon and tried to blackmail maine implicit my role, for the rights to a movie astir Kurt. I mislaid my s**t connected them, and by 7 p.m. I was fired from ‘Fight Club’. Every connection of this is factual. This was ever a concealed that I was good keeping. It’s a movie. Indeed, I passed connected amended roles than [sic] that. Who cares? The constituent is Brad kept connected stalking maine astir Kurt.”

After going connected astir her betterment from substance abuse, which she has been unfastened with her fans about implicit the years, she claimed that Brad tried to speech to her astir the biopic connected her rocker ex-husband, again, connected a Zoom call successful 2020. “It’s not conscionable the Zoom I had with Brad successful 2020 wherever I said nary to @planbfilms and Brad producing it,” Courtney wrote, “It’s that I said NO connected the Zoom and that was not enough. I was not heard. I was ignored.”

“I had nary plans to bring it up with Marc Maron but up it came. I told the communicative due to the fact that I felt Pitt would not halt pursuing Kurt — unless I said it successful public. I don’t privation Brad to beryllium pissed disconnected astatine maine and go his resentment. I privation him to bash better. I’m not into assault. C’mon member Pitt. I privation you well, truly,” Courtney wrote.

“If he’s huffy astatine me, that’s his problem. I bask him arsenic a movie prima immensely,” Courtney wrote astir Brad, earlier ending it with a jab that read, “Not truthful overmuch arsenic a biopic producer. Hope this clarifies and acknowledgment for your time.” Ultimately, arsenic fans know, Helena Bonham Carter was formed successful Fight Club other Brad and Edward. Courtney ended her Instagram station by stating, “I’m definite Helena Bonham Carter was utterly meant to beryllium Marla Singer and I bash not carnivore her oregon Edward Norton oregon David Fincher  — each radical whose enactment and Genius I respect immensely — immoderate sick will.”

HollywoodLife reached retired to Courtney’s publicist regarding the movie insider’s assertion that she was ne'er formed successful the film, but we person not heard backmost yet.

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