Selena Gomez is obsessed with Kurt Cobain documentary ‘Montage Of Heck’

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Selena Gomez has swapped stories with NME about her favourite musicians – including a teenage obsession with Kurt Cobain – during an interview that covered acting techniques, her current break from recording music and what it’s like to get an 11-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival.The 32-year-old singer and actress is promoting her Oscar-tipped new film Emilia Pérez – and was speaking to NME at a junket alongside co-star Zoë Saldaña, who also had some pop star stories to tell.Asked which albums she always goes back to, Gomez listed Frank Ocean’s 2012 classic ‘Channel Orange’ and ‘19’ by Adele before being reminded of an interview she gave earlier this year on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

in which she confessed her fascination for the Nirvana frontman.“I should have said one of theirs. I was, and still am, obsessed with Kurt Cobain,” she said. “I dyed my hair to be the exact color of Kurt Cobain’s – the roots, I did it all.”Gomez’s character in Emilia Pérez, the wife of a transgender former cartel boss called Jessi, also sports a blonde bombshell look – which she says was partly inspired by the Nirvana icon: “That’s kind of what I was going for.”“His documentary [2015’s Montage Of Heck] is one of my favourite music documentaries.

I’ve watched it maybe 10 times. It’s very emotional but really impactful. I felt so many things watching it.”Saldaña, meanwhile, talked about Dominican legend Juan Luis Guerra.

The 67-year-old singer has won three Grammys over a career that stretches back to 1984 when he released his debut studio album ‘Soplando’. “He’s known all through Latin America, Europe and Asia,” said Saldaña. “He’s really respected and a poet.