Kristen Stewart Wasn’t Allowed to Grope Dakota Fanning on Set

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03/11/2010- by Natasia Langfelder

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star as Joan Jett and Cherie Curie, respectively, in The Runaways. The Runaways follows the story of a teenage, all girl band that rose to popularity in the 70s. The media has been all over the movie reporting on the relationship between the two characters in the film. A relationship that Curie has characterized as “exploratory” and “fun.” Fanning and Stewart are repeatedly asked about how it felt to “kiss another woman” during their media interviews. In an interview with Access Hollywood, Stewart reveals that because of Fanning’s age at the time of taping, 15, the girls had to be very careful during the love scenes.

“She was 15, and I wasn’t allowed to grope her,” Kristen, 19, told Access Hollywood on Wednesday at the press junket for her new rocker film. “I’m actually not kidding, there are major restrictions that I don’t remember [from] when I was younger.

“I don’t want to give anything way. It’s a really passionate, hardcore scene,” she continued. “No, it’s just a kiss. It’s not really a big deal.”

“It’s just something that happened in their lives,” Dakota told Access of the kissing scene. “In the script, it’s not like a big build up or something that they talk about afterwards.”

While Curie has intimated that her relationship with Jett went beyond a kiss, she is happy with the way the movie turned out. She also said that she understands why the producers cut a storyline that is pivotal in the book the film is based on. Sadly, shortly before joining the band, Curie was raped by a family friend. This information disturbs the film’s story arc, which focuses around the destruction of Curie’s innocence.

On a lighter note, Fanning and Stewart are planning to giveJett and Curie costumes from the film as memorabilia.

“I loved the outfits, I kept most all of them,” Dakota said. “Cherie gave her corsets away and we had them remade for the movie, [so] I’m going to give her one and I think that will be really cool.”

“I gave Joan a leather jacket,” Kristen said. “I wrote all over the back of it.”

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