So, The Runaways? No, not the comic book created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, for which geek genius Joss Whedon wrote an arc.
Alright, it’s the thing that models saunter down during Sex And The City-style fashion shows, then. Nah, not that either, dummies.
We’re shrieking about The Runaways as helmed by music video director Floria Sigismondi, and starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – a biopic of the ‘70s band who were the first all-chick rock group to storm the world.
“I think everybody has that inner part of themselves that wishes they could perform and be on stage,” muses Fanning, whose career comes of age as she plays infamous rocker Cherie Currie – very almost a musical Lindsay Lohan of her day.
“I’ve definitely had that. I think doing this movie and performing ‘Cherry Bomb’ and doing the performance scenes is the closest I’ll ever get to those dreams.”
Runaways (the band) founder Joan Jett, played here by Twilight lip-biter Stewart, is all for a biopic that transforms her life in music entertainment into a slice of filmic entertainment.
“Working with the actors was great,” she says. “They were brilliant. The whole process was brutal, but in general working with the actors was great.”
Brutal? Really? Let’s find out how…
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Comments
Ichi1
Sep 9th 2010, 16:07
I saw the movie and it was pretty good. Everyone does a good job. But as a fan of the band who knew much of their history before I saw the movie, I never really felt like I was watching the actual story of the actual Runaways. The band was a 5 piece and the movie insists on only focusing on Jett and Curie. And this is a shame because the girls playing Ford and West are really great. The whole movie just doesn't feel like The Runaways. I was looking forward to this movie since it was first announced, and while I did enjoy it, it did not turn out to be the Runaways movie I wanted. Watch the documentary Edgeplay instead.
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