Fans are looking forward to seeing Penn Badgley portray the late Jeff Buckley. The resemblance is uncanny and according to the people of Smuggler Films, Badgley’s audition blew them away. Who’d have thought that the Gossip Girl actor who plays the good boy Dan Humphrey has some serious musical chops? Prior to finally casting Badgley for the role, it was rumoured that James Franco and Robert Pattinson were being considered to play Buckley. Jeff Buckley is the son of the legendary Tim Buckley. He’s best known for his version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” He drowned in 1997; he was thirty years old.
