Excellent news for punk rock revivalists and “Twilight” fans with an open mind: unlike Britney Spears, Kristen Stewart can correctly identify Joan Jett and apparently even hang with the punk rock legend. MTV talked to Stewart at Sundance and gleaned her excitement about starring as Jett in bio-pic “The Runaways.”
“Yeah, I spent New Year’s with her. I spent, like hours, just talking to her,” Stewart gushes to MTV, who extrapolated about her wild excitment…and it was actually kind of cute. Wonder if they’ll get to the part of the post-Runaways Joan Jett career where she passes out while producing The Germs album.
As we previously reported the film is directed by noir music video director Floria Sigusmondi and MTV reports it’s set to start filming late in 2009.
We’ve given it a bit of thought and are ready to endorse someone casting Ari Graynor (“Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) as Cherie Currie.