Brad Pitt originally had plans to play the late musician Jeff Buckley in a biopic many years ago.
Nearly two decades ago, the late musician’s mother Mary Guibert revealed that the Wolfs star, 61, asked her permission to create the biopic.
She originally granted him permission in 2000, shortly after he invited her to his 2000 wedding to Jennifer Aniston, but later changed her mind.
Earlier this week, he opened up why he was hesitant to make a biopic with Pitt as the star in a conversation with Variety at the Sundance Film Festival.
The late musician, whom Kesha once called her ‘spiritual guide,’ died at the age of 30 in 1997.
She told the outlet: “If there are 20 people calling you, and Brad Pitt is one of them, who are you going to choose to see?”
Brad Pitt originally had plans to play the late musician Jeff Buckley in a biopic many years ago


Nearly two decades ago, the late musician’s mother Mary Guibert revealed that the Wolfs star, 61, asked her permission to create the biopic
She recalled asking the actor: “We’re going to dye your hair, put brown contact lenses in those baby blues, and you’re going to open your mouth and Jeff’s voice will come out?”
Guibert said she and Pitt stayed in touch over the years even after she decided not to pursue the biographical idea.
Instead of a biopic, he later decided to make a documentary about his only son, known for his cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and the 1994 album Grace.
Over the weekend, the new documentary titled It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, which was produced by Pitt, made its world premiere at the film festival.
During the process of making the documentary, she said Pitt helped her preserve all of her late son’s belongings and bring them into a digital space.
Guibert said she also worked with director Amy Berg on the project about her late son’s history and legacy.
The West Memphis filmmaker also spoke to Outlet about how she and Buckley’s mother shared the same vision for the documentary.
“Once I started listening to his voicemail messages and his DAP player and demos and reading his diaries, I couldn’t imagine it being anything more than a documentary,” Berg said.

She originally granted him permission in 2000, shortly after he invited her to his 2000 wedding to Jennifer Aniston, but later changed her mind.

Earlier this week, he opened up why he was hesitant to make a biopic with Pitt as the star in a conversation with Variety at the Sundance Film Festival

Guibert said she and Pitt stayed in touch over the years even after she decided not to pursue the biographical idea. Instead of a biopic, he later decided to make a documentary about his only son, known for his cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and the 1994 album Grace.
“I just didn’t know how you could replicate Jeff in that guided sense.”
Berg also said the documentary will shed light on Buckley’s death.
The legendary musician died at the age of 30 in 1997 when he drowned in a Memphis River.
The director said there was speculation that ‘Jeff probably overdosed, which was far from the truth.’
“One of the best things about Jeff Buckley is that you find out when you’re supposed to find out,” he said of his legacy.
‘He’s definitely had a big impact on Tiktok, where I was surprised to see that he has more followers on the Jeff Buckley hashtag than even Bob Dylan. It’s definitely having another moment in pop culture history.
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