However, according to Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, Pitt had grand ideas for her son's iconic tale. On Friday (Jan. 24), a new documentary called It 's Never Over, Jeff Buckley will premiere at ...

Mary Guibert, mother of Jeff Buckley, recalled Brad Pitt's efforts to make a movie about her son, and her reservations about the actor playing him.

Brad Pitt once had his eye on starring as the late musician Jeff Buckley in a film about his life.. The actor had asked to make a biopic about the talented singer-songwriter to Jeff's mother, Mary ...

Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, has revealed that the Wolfs star, 61, asked her for permission to create the biopic after inviting her to his 2000 wedding to Jennifer Aniston, which she quickly ...

Pitt, 61, asked Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, for permission to create the biopic in 2000 after inviting her to his wedding to Jennifer Aniston, a request she initially granted before later ...

Jeff Buckley. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images. The mother of the late musician Jeff Buckley, who drowned in the Wolf River in May 1997, had a good reason to turn down Brad Pitt’s request to ...

Documentarian Amy Berg used a series of extended voicemails to build a moving portrait of the mercurial ’90s singer-songwriter: “His songs got me through every difficult moment in my 20s.” ...

Back in 2000, Brad Pitt courted Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, inviting her to lunch at his Los Feliz home and adding her to the VIP guest list for his wedding to Jennifer Aniston.

Jeff Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, has revealed in a new documentary why she didn't want Brad Pitt to play her son. The 'Fight Club' actor wanted to play the singer back in 2000.

Guibert, who had Buckley when she was just 17, had saved a trove of long voicemails Buckley left her, which became the key that unlocked the film for Berg. “I would cry,” Berg says.

However, according to Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, Pitt had grand ideas for her son’s iconic tale. More from Billboard. No, Shania Twain Still Has Not Met Brad Pitt: ...

Pitt, 61, asked Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, for permission to create the biopic in 2000 after inviting her to his wedding to Jennifer Aniston, a request she initially granted before later ...