60s folk legend Bob Dylan is seeking a court injunction and threatening to sue to stop the release of the film Factory Girl over concerns the movie links him to the suicide of Edie Sedgwick, the muse of artist Andy Warhol.
According to PageSix, Dylan's name in the film is changed and the part is reportedly a mix of Dylan, Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger, critics who've seen screenings report the character, played by Hayden Christensen, is unmistakably the folk singer, who jilted Sedgwick in 1971 just before her death.
Dylan's attorney Orin Snyder warns the filmmakers, "You appear to be laboring under the misunderstanding that merely changing the name of a character or making him a purported fictional composite will immunize you from suit. That is not so. Even though Mr. Dylan's name is not used, the portrayal remains both defamatory and a violation of Mr. Dylan's right of publicity. Until we are given an opportunity to view the film, we hereby demand that all distribution and screenings... immediately be ceased."
The movie is due to be released later this month
