Joan Jett wanted to play dirty, sweaty, sexy rock�n�roll � and she sure as hell did, first with her riot grrl band The Runaways, and then with the Blackhearts. She tells SIN�AD GLEESON about getting covered with spit, looking up to Suzi Quatro and being played by Kristen Stewart.
So much happened. It�s hard to fit it all in, but the film definitely gives you a sense of what it was like to be in that band. The actors were incredible. Kristen Stewart [who plays Joan] was great. She�s a real person, down-to-earth, authentic. She put real pressure on herself to do the work. We spent a lot of time together over the two weeks before we started shooting. We were in the studio rehearshing, getting them to play instruments to the music. It was a lot for these girls to become a band in a short time, but by the time we started shooting they had a definite sense of �hey, we�re in a band�. It�s important that they were able to get that sense of camaraderie across.�
If The Runaways were Joan Jett�s musical baptism, it was her solo career that really made her a star. While trying to set up the band that would become The Blackhearts, she posted a classified ad �looking for three good men�, and it�s easy to assume that The Runaways experience had put her off being in an all-female band.
�It wasn�t that all, because The Runaways were so special. To me they were the be-all and end-all � it was the best. To start another girl band would almost have been sacrilegious. Plus I knew the press would have just made comparisons � that I wouldn�t have even gotten out of the starting blocks.�
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