From Teen star to Rock Star, there’s no stopping Kristen Stewart from the next role model for girl power. She’s making the big bucks by signing on to do TWILIGHT Sequel titled NEW MOON which according to previous info will be shooting in March 2009.
But just like any other franchise faces out there (Dan Radcliff, Daniel Craig) they always try to do one or two other gigs in between their big budget installments, just so that they won’t get typecast… but hey, if I was making as much money as they do, worrying about gettin’ typecast will be the last thing on my mind.
According to Hollywood Reporter, Kristen Stewart is set to star as the Rock femme legend Joan Jett in the movie THE RUNAWAYS based on Jett’s 1970s girl rock band named The Runaways, the members were guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer late Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox.The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues. The film will revolve around Jett and Currie and follow them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment
The film is expected to start production in 2009 and will work around Kristen Stewart’s NEW MOON schedules.
I’m not familiar with any of the songs by The Runaways, all I could recall was Joan Jett’s popular song “I Love Rock n’ Roll” but that was way after she broke up from the gang. I’m not really sure why I didn’t choose to listen them when I was younger, some say they were the first girl Rock band ever, nowadays I can’t really say I remember any girl Rock Band out there that are mainstream popular, I’m assuming they’re mostly ‘underground’. Judging from the picture above, I say Kristen Stewart is the perfect choice for this project.
