The Grand Dame has specifically lamented the grunge singer’s early passing from a technological perspective many times before.
Helen Mirrenhas no fear of aging.
And you lose people along the way," she toldBrave New Worldpodcast host Evgeny Lebedev.
Helen Mirren and Kurt Cobain.Arnold Jerocki/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
GPS is the most wonderful thing to watch my little blue spot walking down the street."
“I just find it completely magical and unbelievable,” she said.
Mirren dismissed his concerns, saying, “I know they are.
Helen Mirren in 2024.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix
I know all of that.
I know, of course.
But, you know, I don’t care about that, honestly.
I really don’t care.
But anyway, you know, if you’re lucky, you get to be older.”
Does Mirren “always say” this about Cobain?
Why the Nirvana frontman specifically?
What makes watching your geolocation on Google Maps so “wonderful?”
You either die young or get old.
There’s no other way.
I didn’t want to die young.
Look at Kurt Cobain he hardly even saw a computer!
The digital stuff that’s going on is so exciting.
I’m just so curious about what happens next."
And I want to continue to see what life has in store.
I think about Kurt Cobain and all that he missed.
I mean, how sad is it that he never knew about GPS."
Incredible things are happening all the time and I cant wait to see what comes next."
When many people think “gone too soon,” they think Cobain.
And yes, GPS is surely one of them.
