Brad Pitt once explored the possibility of starring in a biopic about Jeff Buckley — a talented and promising musician who died in 1997 at the age of 30 — until Buckley's mother decided to make a documentary about his life instead.

Brad Pitt once sought to star in a Jeff Buckley biopic, but his mother chose a documentary instead, honouring his legacy through It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley.

Brad Pitt seemingly failed to get permission from the late singer Jeff Buckley's mother to portray her son in the upcoming documentary.In a conversation with Variety magazine, the deceased musician's mom,

Brad Pitt initially sought permission from Jeff Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, to star in a biopic about the late musician nearly two decades ago.

Jeff Buckley's mom is finally sharing the story of why an apocryphal biopic about her late son starring Brad Pitt never came to be. As Variety reports, Pitt was working hard to get a Buckley film off the ground in the early 2000s,