Courtney Love Says She Turned Down $15 Million To Play Janis Joplin: “You Don’t Do Things For Money”

Courtney Love Says She Turned Down $15 Million To Play Janis Joplin: “You Don’t Do Things For Money”

After dominating ’90s alt-rock and surviving personal tragedy, including the death of her husband Kurt Cobain, ambitious punk rocker Courtney Love famously pivoted to movies. The gamble paid off almost immediately, and her acclaimed performance in “The People Vs. Larry Flynt” earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Love revisited her brief but memorable film career in an interview for The Criterion Collection tied to the Criterion Channel’s “Starr…