Engxoxweni eshicilelwe ngesonto eledlule, uCourtney Love umemezele ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwefilimu U-Kurt Cobain we-biopic izobe iqala ngonyaka ozayo. U-Love ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ubambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni zokulingisa nokukhiqiza ifilimu, kanye nendodakazi yakhe, uFrances Bean, kanye nezihlabani ze-Nirvana u-Dave Grohl no-Krist Novoselic.
Courtney Love wathi ku-interview: "I-biopic kufanele iqale ngonyaka ozayo kamuva nje. Angifuni ukuqamba abalingisi abangase basho okwamanje, ngoba angifuni ukuletha amashwa kunoma ubani, kodwa laba abaneminyaka engu-25 ubudala blond, bahle, kanye no-Brad Pitt omusha. Abanye babo bangabadlali abahle kakhulu, hhayi nje ubuso obuhle. Angifuni ukuba ngumuntu othatha isinqumo sokuthi ngubani ozoba umlingiswa wefilimu ».
Ngokungeziwe ku-biopic eqanjwe igama, omunye umkhiqizo ofanayo nawo uzophela, idokhumentari mayelana noCobain Iqondiswe nguBrett Morgen, owake waqopha i-Rolling Stones' 'Crossfire Hurricane'. Uthando luthuthukisiwe ngokuthi ifilimu egqugquzelwe u-'Lenny', ifilimu ka-Bob Fosse ekhuluma ngo-Lenny Bruce futhi yengeza: "Kule filimu ngibamba iqhaza endabeni kanye noKrist Novoselic nomama kaKurt".