According to Alex Cox, his lyrical-yet-grim biopic of doomed Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and groupie/harpy Nancy Spungen was only made to forestall a glossier Hollywood version with Rupert Everett and Madonna. Given Gary Oldman’s revelatory performance as the junkie bad boy who never lived to see his 22nd birthday, Cox’s decision was clearly the right one. As fine as Chloe Webb is as the deranged girlfriend Sid (probably) ended up stabbing to death in New York’s Chelsea Hotel, you can’t help wondering what the Material Girl might have made of the role – or indeed Courtney Love, who was so keen to land the part she auditioned for it 19 times.
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