Helen Mirren has a comparatively distinctive perspective on how she thinks Kurt Cobain would navigate the world if he hadn’t died within the Nineteen Nineties.
During an interview with Evening Standard’s Brave New World, the famed actress shared that she feels “unhappy” that Cobain is not alive as a result of he by no means bought the possibility to expertise GPS and its “magical” performance.
“I at all times say, it’s so unhappy that Kurt Cobain died when he did, as a result of he by no means noticed GPS,” stated Mirren. “GPS is essentially the most great factor, to look at my little blue spot strolling down the road. I simply discover it fully magical and unbelievable.”
Of course, the remark got here amid a broader level she was making about growing older. “If you’re fortunate, you get to be older,” she continued. “And then there you might be. Oh my God, I’m 79! I by no means thought I’d be 79. And then you definitely say, OK, nicely that is it. This is what 79 is. And it’s sort of OK. It’s not sensible, however it was not that sensible to be 25 both.”
Mirren has referenced Cobain quite a few occasions previously when discussing the character of growing older. In 2014, she informed Oprah Winfrey, “Look at Kurt Cobain — he hardly even noticed a pc! The digital stuff that’s occurring is so thrilling. I’m simply so interested by what occurs subsequent.”
A yr later, she informed Cosmopolitan, “I used to be desirous about Kurt Cobain the opposite day and he died with out understanding the web, and I’m completely blown away by that.”
And, in 2016, she stated to the Daily Mail, “If I’d died at 27, the age that Kurt Cobain [of rock band Nirvana] died in 1994, I’d by no means have even identified there was an web! Incredible issues are occurring on a regular basis and I can’t wait to see what comes subsequent.”