Sydney
(ANI):
Twilight
star
Kristen
Stewart
is
playing
the
role
of
a
punk
singer
in
new
movie
The
Runaways.
The
movie,
which
is
about
four
young
teenage
girls
who
leave
home
to
go
on
the
road,
stars
Stewart,
20,
as
pivotal
band
member
Joan
Jett
and
Dakota
Fanning
as
the
lead
singer
Cherie
Currie,
reports
the
Sydney
Morning
Herald.
The
movie
features
lashings
of
sex,
drugs
and
rock
'n" roll,
as
the
underage
outfit,
created
by
their
eccentric,
ambitious
and
brutal
manager
Kim
Fowley
(played
by
Michael
Shannon),
tour
the
world
and,
in
four
short
years,
leave
an
incalculable
influence
in
their
wake.
The
film,
which
features
Stewart
and
Fanning
sharing
a
passionate
onscreen
kiss,
holds
nothing
back
as
it
relives
the
girls" rapid,
rags-to-riches
tale
of
success
and
excess.