New Moon heroine Kristen Stewart, who will play Joan Jett in the upcoming biopic called The Runaways, remarked on the respect she has for Joan Jett–

‘It’s one of the most immense responsibilities to play a real person. Her story’s important. It’s an incredibly triumphant feminist story really.

‘She’s the first woman to ever start her own record label. So many people know her as just being like one of the coolest people to ever live. That in itself is one of the most intimidating things that I’ve ever had to confront but she’s so cool too.’

It seems the respect is mutual, as Joan Jett remarked on Kristen Stewart playing her–

‘She sounded great and played well (on the guitar). She has the passion for it, which you can’t really be taught.’

Check out the rest of the article about Kristen Stewart and Joan Jett at the Daily Mail.

[thanks, TeamSpaceHeaters!]

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