Dec 3 2008'Twilight' Girl to Play Joan Jett
Kirsten Stewart, also known as girl from Twilight, has been cast in the role of Joan Jett in Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways. From THR:
Fresh from the success of "Twilight," Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in "The Runaways," the rock 'n' roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band.The Runaways were hugely influential as the first successful all-girl hard rock band; its members included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox. The band was brought together in late 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, who thought a novelty act of teenaged girls performing in leather and lace would be an easy sell, but the girls ended up proving to be serious and influential musicians with songs like "Cherry Bomb." The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues.
The film will revolve around Jett and Currie and follow them from the band's meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment.
While Stewart will take on the role of Jett, Cherie Currie will reportedly be played as a thin, pale, poofy-haired guy who is deeply in love with her despite differences in their lifestyle.
Reader Comments
1. ginormagantuan - December 3, 2008 2:58 PM
fristttttttt!!!!!!! muh fuckazzz!!!!!!!
2. Sueyo - December 3, 2008 3:13 PM
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Epic.
3. Bickus Dickus - December 3, 2008 3:18 PM
The Runaways sucked ass. They had no good music and were a bunch of stench cunts. I can't imagine anybody this side of Vixen who could have possibly been influenced by such a shitty band that only got famous after two of it's members got famous post breakup. Kristin Stewart is too pretty to play Joan Jett, although she does have some manly mannerisms
4. Amy - December 3, 2008 7:29 PM
"Cherry Bomb" is a good song. I haven't listened to much other Runaways, so I don't know how good they were overall.
5. jaime - December 3, 2008 7:36 PM
this girl is beautiful! fell in love with her after into the wild.
she should be introduced as the girl from into the wild, which is a great movie, rather than the girl from that stupid 12-y-o-girl vampire movie.
6. ed - December 4, 2008 9:36 AM
she looks like she could be the younger sister of Jill Wagner(mercury car commercial chick).
7. lynne - February 1, 2010 5:52 AM
What a bunch of shit that Cherie Currie will be played by a man. A crap copout that guarantees the flatness of this film.
And Bickus Dickus, something tells me your name is an indication of your shortcomings in intelligence as well as the physical. Asshole.