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Bakom kulisserna på The Runaways

Lång artikel kan man ju lugnt säga men riktigt intressant för det.
Så för er morgonpigga – varsågoda och läs, resten av oss skall fortsätta sova nu! ;)

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In the opening scenes of ”The Runaways,” Floria Sigismondi’s ode to the all-girl hard rock band, the characters played by Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning could be almost any teenage girls living in the Valley circa 1975. Fanning is sitcom-cute in a plaid shirt, miniskirt and knee socks; Stewart sports a T-shirt and jeans.

But then Stewart’s character walks into a rockabilly boutique, dumps a bag full of change on the counter and demands ”what he’s wearing,” pointing to a guy in a black leather motorcycle jacket and leather pants. Suddenly, high school girl Joan Larkin has transformed into Joan Jett.

Cut to Fanning as Jett’s soon-to-be-bandmate Cherie Currie, staring into the bathroom mirror with David Bowie’s ”Aladdin Sane” album cover nearby. With a partially drawn red lightning bolt on her face, she’s chopping her long blond hair into an approximation of his glam shag.

”It looks really terrible,” says her twin sister, Marie, watching in horror.

”Good,” answers Cherie. And then the title credits roll.

Sigismondi’s feature film debut, opening on Friday, is more evocative portrait than obsessively factual biopic. (It is based on Currie’s 1989 memoir, ”Neon Angel,” a new version of which is being released this week.) But the basic plot of the Runaways story — L.A. teens rise from the glitter and grit of the Sunset Strip to kick open the doors of the rock ‘n’ roll boys club only to discover more than they bargained for — is the stuff that rock mythology is made of. Their tough, sexy, so-called ”jail bait” style continues to inspire female rockers from Courtney Love to the Donnas.

They put out five albums — including ”The Runaways” and ”Queens of Noise” — before breaking up in 1979, and saw as many bass players come and go, but the four primary characters in the film remain who we think of when we think of the Runaways: Jett and Currie, drummer Sandy West and lead guitarist Lita Ford.

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Parade intervju med Dakota

Det här är verkligen en person att se upp till.
Tanken på att hon började i Hollywood så ung och är fortfarnade lika ”oskyldig” som man skall vara i hennes ålder – ja där visar Dakota Fanning allt hur man håller fötterna kvar på jorden! :D


Parade.com talked to Dakota about her image as an actress, singing and acting in The Runaways, and the importance of an education, among other things. Here’s a brief excerpt; you can read the full article here.

What’s wrong with an image change?
“I can be sweet little Dakota Fanning, and then I can be totally different in the movies. A big reason I wanted to do The Runaways was to do something unlike anything that I’ve done before. I’m ready to have people see me in a different way than like the kid in I Am Sam or War of the Worlds. You have to kind of grow up. Everyone has to do it. I am doing it through films, which may be more difficult, but it’s what I love to do.”

It was easier than it looked.
“I didn’t really have any doubts. I was OK with the gritty and the tough parts. That’s what I was most excited about because that’s when Cherie is really raw and open and you see her vulnerability. It was tough going to those places, but I’ve always been able to just go there and then come back. I’m able to leave it on the set. It’s not something that lives with me forever.”

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Taylor, Dakota och Kristen bland de rikaste ungdomarna

Ingen överraskning där – Kristen, Dakota och Taylor är alla unga men ändå har de redan hunnit tjäna en hel massa pengar, vilket placerar dem på top listorna vad gäller ”mest förmögna unga hollywood kändisar”. :D

Forbes has compiled a list of the Top Box-Office Teens by looking at Hollywood’s top stars 21 and under and then adding up the worldwide box office for every movie they starred in. It’s no surprise that the three stars of the Harry Potter films (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) come in at first place on the list. But the next three spots on the list are dominated by Twilight cast members! Dakota comes in at #2, Kristen at #3 and Taylor at #4.

Dakota Fanning’s films have earned a whopping $2 billion at the box office.

The 16-year-old actress got her start in 2001’s I Am Sam, which starred Sean Penn as a mentally retarded father trying to gain custody of his 7-year-old daughter (Fanning). Since then the actress has been working almost nonstop. She’s starred in 12 films alongside such heavyweights as Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro and Mike Myers.

Fanning co-stars in The Runaways with our third-ranked teen: Kristin Stewart. The two also appeared together in the latest Twilight film. Stewart’s films have earned a total $1.5 billion at the box office. Although Stewart, 19, is now best known for the role of Bella in Twilight, she’s actually been acting since 2002 when she co-starred with Jodie Foster in the thriller Panic Room. The film earned $200 million at the box office. Her Twilight films have so far earned $1 billion.

Stewart’s co-star Robert Pattinson doesn’t make our list because he is over 21, but New Moon’s Taylor Lautner does. The 18-year-old ranks fourth with $900 million in box-office earnings. Much of that comes from New Moon, but Lautner also co-starred in the recent romantic hit Valentine’s Day, which has earned $125 million at the box office so far. Lautner is now the hottest thing in Hollywood. He’s been offered a reported $7.5 million to star in Universal’s Stretch Armstrong.

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Kristens reaktion på teaser trailern

Lite tråkigt kanske att Dakota inte hunnit kolla in trailern eftersom hon har uppmärksamheten där ett tag med sina repliker som Jane.
Kristen däremot som har haft chansen att kolla på klippet verkade väldigt nöjd! :D

As you already know — the first official Eclipse trailer was released yesterday morning (how many times have you watched it?!?!). Cinematical.com interviewed Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning in promotion of their new film The Runaways. When asked about the Eclipse trailer, Dakota hadn’t seen it yet, but Kristen did -

When I asked if either of them got to see the trailer, Stewart and Fanning turned to one another for reactions. “Did you watch it?” Stewart asked Fanning.

“No, I didn’t,” Fanning replied. “I watched it,” Stewart said with enthusiasm. When I prodded her for specific feelings, she said, “Well, it’s really fast, isn’t it? It’s sort of like a couple of pictures strung together. But it looks good – it looks good! I think Taylor [Lautner] looks really great. Like, he looks very strong and I love his voice in it,” she said. “He’s good in it.”

Ja skulle vi ha fått se Jasper i uniform och Alice dansande omkring skulle jag ha varit mer än nöjd. ;)
Men för en teaser trailer duger det.

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