Anthrax's Frank Bello joins Jeff Buckley biopic starring Penn Badgley

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Anthrax bassist, Frank Bello, has joined the cast of the Jeff Buckley biopic starring Penn Badgley. HitFix reports that Bello will play punk rock legend Richard Hell in the film titled Greetings from Tim Buckley. Badgley will play "a just-starting-out Jeff Buckley who performs at a 1991 tribute concert for his late father Tim." Richard Hell performed at the Tim Buckley tribute. It is not known how big of a role Bello will have in the film. Variety also reports that Frank Wood (Changeling) has joined the cast. The cast also includes Imogen Poots, Bill Sadler and U.K. singer Kate Nash.

Filming has recently begun on Greetings. This is the second Jeff Buckley biopic in production. The other film is currently untitled film and is being directed by Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys) stars Reeve Carney (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) as the troubled singer-songwriter. That film is currenlty in pre-production and has the full backing of Jeff Buckley's estate (including Buckley's mother).