Is the publicity shy TWILIGHT star Kristen Stewart really cool enough to play rocker chick Joan Jett in a biopic of the 70’s all girl band The Runaways?
Joan Jett herself must think so. She is executive producing the biopic of the band which Stewart has just attached herself too.
Brought together in late 1975, The Runaways included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox whose act of teenage girls performing in leather and lace became so much more than a novelty gimmick, as they produced influential track after track.
Their four year run included the hits “Cherry Bomb” and “Queens of Noise”…
The Hollywood Reporter say music video director Floria Sigismondi wrote the screenplay and is directing the movie, simply titled THE RUNAWAYS. You can see her work in the music videos for Marilyn Manson’s “Tourniquet” and “The Beautiful People”.
She also did Christina Aguilera’s “Fighter”.
The film will revolve around Jett and Currie and follow them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment. Jett would later form the group the Blackhearts and would produce the extremely successful song “I Love Rock and Roll”.
Great band to make a biopic of. Cameron Crowe has already shown us with ALMOST FAMOUS that this was a great time in music history to tell stories on the big screen from but Kristen Stewart still feels very young on screen for me, I’m not sure she’s mature enough as an actress to take this big leap. Hope she proves me wrong.
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Ugh. Vapid no-talent dead-eyed bimbette isn’t fit to hold Joan’s high-heeled boots.
I guess Joan likes her enough. I’d go with Lizzy Caplan.
I dont think she can do Joan Jett she just can’t hold her right.
Haha, Kristen Stewart couldn’t act her way out of a paper-bag. I’ve not seen her be anything other than a blank face in movies, interviews etc. Perhaps people will get it into their heads shes just not…. talented? lol
i think kristen could play her well, only on the fact that she could look like her. the problem comes when she opens her mouth though!
i think your all wrong.. kristen is a great actress… give her chance… im sure she’ll prove you all wrong…
kristen steward is a verry good actress i love her
ur all wrong kristen can do the part cuz shes a great actress and shes already a rockeer chic anyway it shouldent be to difficult
Kristen is a great actress can anyone tell me what movie capture that is to the top of the page
Kristen Stewart was fantastic in Catch That Kid and Into The Wild and of course not forgetting the famous Twilight, I’m sure that she’ll be good in this film too. Just give her a chance and see what happens…
i LUV kstew SHE ROCKS!!!
It really annoys me when people say she’s a rubbish actress, well she obviously is otherwise she would not have got as far as she’s got, and think of all the big names she’s worked with. I think she’ll pull this off really well because she’s a fantastic actress and their similar in some ways.
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i think kristen is going to do great in this movie like all the others she has filmed..! can’t wait 2 c it and i’m waiting on new moon 2!!!!
I think Kristen will do an excellent job as portraying Joan Jett. I LOVE YOU KRISTEN!!!!
I think Kristen will do Joan Jett justice. But I can see were some people are coming from when they doubt she’ll be able to do the part. She is a little closed mouthed and shy, but I have a feeling she’ll surprise everyone.
You rock Kristen :)
I think that she would putt this of and she would do great! Laura it´s right ,you guys should give her a chance ,anyway she wouldn´t got the roll if she wouldn´t be a great actress… Im sure she will shout the mouth to everyone who doesn´t believe in her !! she really puts her heart in every movie soo . think about it!!
she rocks
UGH! Kristen Stewart! She is a terrible actress because she shows no natural emotions like a real person would. Joan Jett is WAY too charismatic to be played by a bland, no personality awkward girl.
hello?… she “acts” the same way in every movie she has made. her playing the awsume joan jett is just gna ruin it. dont get me wrong, stewart is hot..but jut not a joan jett.
i think she has it in her if she can kick up the rock in her shy rocker self there no way she can fail she is a damn good actress
She is a rubbish actress. She is just a blank face and a mono toned voice. All those Twihearts just like her because of Twilight. Quite frankly that movie sucked.
Anyways, you know what’s even worse than her playing Joan Jett?
Dakota Fanning is playing The Lead Vocalist, Cherri Currie!