![]() She was only 15 when she made the film - but that's exactly how old you were, Cherie, when you started in the band.Ĭherie Currie: We were older and wiser than our years I believe we really were. Obviously, it is a movie, so there were a few embellishments, but I think once I was able to pass all of that and realize that the main thing is the story, it was fine.ĬNN: Because we've known Dakota Fanning as a child actress, it was hard watching her taking pills in the movie and engage in overtly sexual behavior. I didn't run out of the theater and say, "Oh my God, it's so wrong!" You know what I mean? (They laugh.) Only kidding. Sometimes it's hard for people who live it to kind of see it, but I think overall, I wasn't upset. ![]() Joan Jett: I had a lot of repeating emotions. Last month, she performed the Runaways' first hit, "Cherry Bomb," on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."ĬNN's Denise Quan recently sat down with Currie and Jett to talk about their band days and their take on the new movie:ĬNN: What did you think of " The Runaways" movie when you saw it for the first time? At 51, Jett still tours with her post-Runaways group, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. She recently sculpted a life-size guitar as a gift for Fanning on her 16th birthday. Former child star Dakota Fanning plays her on the big screen.Īs the first female outfit to play aggressive music, the Runaways were in-your-face, provocative and sexual - which was titillating to some and disturbing to others, especially since the girls were 15 and 16 at the time.Ĭurrie, now 50, is a chainsaw artist, carving mermaids and teddy bears out of tree stumps. The film is based on "Neon Angel," the memoir of singer Cherie Currie, who left the band after two tumultuous years of sex, drugs and of course, rock 'n' roll. The black shag haircut, the tomboyish gait, the New York accent (strange, since Jett is originally from Pennsylvania) - they're all traits nailed by "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart in the new movie "The Runaways," about the life and times of the real-life '70s girl group. Eric visits Sookie and reveals that he bought her house in order to own her he declares that she is his.(CNN) - Joan Jett enters her hotel room with all the swagger of - well, Joan Jett. Jason returns to Hotshot, of which he is now sole guardian since Crystal disappeared, but he is betrayed and locked in a freezer. After town-hopping for a year, Tara has settled into a life in New Orleans as a cage-fighter named Toni, and is romantically involved with a fellow fighter, Naomi. ![]() Arlene's baby displays disturbing traits. ![]() Jesus takes Lafayette to a witch's coven meeting the coven's powerful leader Marnie, soon takes a keen interest in him. Bill has deposed the Queen of Louisiana and become its King. Jessica learns that living with a human may not be such a good idea. Meanwhile, Bill and Eric work the media to win back human public opinion after the Russell Edgington incident. Sookie hires Portia Bellefleur, Andy's lawyer sister, to buy back her house from the buyer. Sookie manages to escape back to Bon Temps and discovers that she has been gone for a year Jason, who has become a police officer, has sold her house to a mystery buyer. She quickly learns that the fairies have lied to her and that she, and possibly other humans, are in danger. Sookie is transported to the fairy world, where she is reunited with her grandfather, Earl.
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