Dakota Fanning Might Be A Little Runaway

Lucas Jensen | March 5, 2009 2:00 am
There is a Runaways movie in the works, with Twilight actress Kristen Stewart set to play Joan Jett and former child android Dakota Fanning angling to play hard-partying lead singer Cherie Currie. Currie was 15 when she joined the all-female hard rock group (best known for “Cherry Bomb”), so that makes Dakota Fanning the right age… if the movie concentrates on the Runaways era only. Does this mean the pic will glide over Currie’s marriage to Robert “Ted Striker” Hays? It’s trickier for a 15-year-old to play a 30-year-old than vice versa. The movie, called The Runaways at this point, will be directed by Floria Sigismondi, who’s no stranger to dramatizing popular song. [Variety]