Jun 16 2009Will Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning Girl-Go-Wild for 'Runaways'?
Girl-on-girl kissing. Aside from drinking, it's the most heavily encouraged activity in your dorm. Everyone wants to see it, but what if you can't find two drunk, attention-starved coeds to deliver it? Where do you go then?
Answer: to The Runaways, the upcoming biopic on Joan Jett and her early days with the all-girl band, which apparently involves girl-on-girl kissin'. Oh, but did I mention the kiss would involve 15-year-old Dakota Fanning? Yikes. Your woooooo!-or-not-to-woooooo! judgment call:
Life & Style reports that there's a makeout scene between Kristen's Joan and Dakota's Cherie Currie in the film, which is currently in rehearsals in Hollywood.
(Thanks for the link, Alena.)
Well, now we know what scene will get so blown out of proportion that it will incite controversy that completely overshadows every other aspect of the film.
Not here, though. At I Watch Stuff, I say we are done discussing a filmed kiss between consenting teenagers. Let's be mature. In Europe, it wouldn't even be a big deal. No one would be spit-taking the wine they're allowed to drink at an early age. Grow up, girl-on-girl kiss controversy-makers. End of discussion. Instead, let's blow out of proportion the even-less-actually-controversial subject of how Fanning's character, Cherie Currie, apparently went from being a Runaway to being a master chainsaw artist on the local news:
"Even the guys from Rush, they gave us a really hard time." I love that. "Even the guys from Rush! The Toronto Power Trio! They're supposed to be a thinker's band!"
Reader Comments
1. TARDISfucker - June 16, 2009 1:11 PM
FIRST...bitches!!!
2. Caleb - June 16, 2009 1:23 PM
Expect to hear about this one, like an arm's race, on E! & Entertainment Tonight for the next year. These are the parts that I don't like about my country's obsession.
3. BIZZLE FO RIZZLE - June 16, 2009 1:30 PM
Twi-hard backlash in 3...2...1...
4. Nick - June 16, 2009 1:30 PM
I'll just be pretending I won't be watching that one on Blu-ray with the remote in hand.
5. Katharina - June 16, 2009 2:18 PM
I'm from Europe and I would consider it a bigger deal. At least slightly big.
I mean a 15-year old actress making out with a mature woman like thousand times to get a good take is unusual. Even in Europe. ;D
I'm not like YIKES! But it's still weird.
I'm 15 and I think esp. my parents or teachers would probably consider it a big deal...
6. frank - June 16, 2009 2:58 PM
Right, Nick. Your "remote" in hand.
This is even weirder, because Kristen played Dakota's mom from the past in this short film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyluTTt9avA
Way to Marty McFly it, Dakota. I can see why she wanted the role, though. After watching that clip, I want to play Cherie in a movie.
7. Pat - June 16, 2009 3:29 PM
Re: Chainsaw art. WTF?
8. bribios - June 16, 2009 4:14 PM
Ehhhh, weird.
Not write your congressman weird or boycott the theater weird, but feel a little uncomfortable and then move on weird.
9. John - June 16, 2009 8:23 PM
Hawt.
10. Nick - June 17, 2009 11:52 AM
No, seriously. Remote in hand for rewinding and pausing purposes. I do have two hands, you know.
11. DS - June 17, 2009 5:21 PM
I really, really hate this film already. And I really really fucking loath Joan Jett and The Runaways, one of the worst bands in the history of music. And I'm counting the Neanderthal who used to bang rocks together for Cave 76s entertainment. If they wanted to make a biopic of a female rocker why not Janis Joplin or Patti Smith? Instead we're getting the 70s version of the Jonas Brothers. Actually maybe thats the point. Terrible. Absolutely terrible.
12. twilight fan - June 18, 2009 12:23 PM
This movie is going to be awesome. Kristin is such a wicked wicked awesome actress. I post a lot about Kristin here http://www.twilightdisorder.com/news/