Kristen Stewart's Diana Spencer Performance Isn't Her Best Real-Life Role
Kristen Stewart's performance as Diana Spencer in Spencer has received much acclaim — but it actually isn't her best real-life role. Throughout the 2022 awards season, the actress racked up nominations and accolades for her role in the Pablo Larraín-directed historical fiction/psychological drama Spencer, set over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day at the Queen's Sandringham Estate in 1991. However, there is another real-life person Stewart has portrayed that could be better than Diana.
In 2010, Kristen Stewart starred as Joan Jett in The Runaways, a biopic directed by Floria Sigismondi that chronicles the history of the titular Runaways, a 1970s all-girl rock band. The script was adapted from Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway, the memoir of former frontwoman Cherie Currie (played by Dakota Fanning, who was a Twilight villain, the Volturi vampire Jane). Sigismondi explained in an interview (via CinemaBlend) that she was inspired to cast Kristen Stewart after being captivated by her performance in 2007's Into the Wild. «Her eyes, you know, just told a lot [...] teenagers really don’t sit there and express their feelings and talk. [...] I really wanted someone who’d emote visually without talking that much and she’s got that kind of quality.» The Runaways garnered mostly positive reviews, with Stewart and Fanning's performances getting praise.
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Kristen Stewart's real-life role as Joan Jett is great because of how she embodies the rock star. While Spencer's Diana isn't entirely accurate, Joan Jett has commented on how spot-on Stewart's portrayal is in The Runaways: «I think she's a really real person. [...] She knows The Runaways have fans,
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