USA Today’s Whitney Matheson recently interviewed Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning for the Runaways at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX.Before we hop to it, perhaps I should set the scene: This conversation took place in a hotel conference room, where the two stars were brought in by several publicists and bodyguards. Stewart spent much of the time doodling an octopus on a legal pad. After eight minutes, they were escorted out of the room.
Our chat is below. Kristen took her octopus on her way out.
Me: Well, since we’re at South by Southwest, one thing a lot of people want me to ask is what music you’re into right now.
Stewart: Right. I listen to The Shins and Radiohead and Interpol. And we saw Band of Horses last night, and that was awesome, because they’re, like, my favorite band right now. I love Camera Obscura and Jenny Lewis. I’m just pumping ‘em out — I never do this! I’m always like, “Oh, I don’t answer that question.”
Me: It’s a hard one.
Fanning: I really hate that question. It scares me, it makes me nervous. Because I think people judge you a lot on the music that you listen to.
Stewart: It’s so defining. Which is why people want to know, because it does say a lot about you.
Fanning: They want to categorize you.
Me: Well, those are good. And you saw Band of Horses, I almost went to that show.
Stewart: And Broken Social Scene. You seriously missed out. The chick from Metric came out and played one song with them. A long, anthem-y-type thing … it was awesome.
Me: Oh, well. OK, next question! This is from Lauren: Would you ever consider being in a band yourself?
Fanning: I don’t think so. I can only sing or perform if I’m playing a character and able to hide behind that character, so I would be too afraid to do it as myself.
Stewart: I love music so much. I play guitar, and I love playing it with my friends. But I hate the idea of something that’s mine … I’m used to making movies and having people take that from me. But to have my thing be somebody else’s experience right now … I could never be in a band. I feel the same way. I could only ever do that playing someone else.
Me: So you’re not going to release an album?
Stewart: Oh, no.
Me: Here’s one from Lynn: How much did the costuming, makeup, etc. help in the process of channeling these awesome female rockers?
Fanning: I think it helped me a lot, just because Cherie’s costumes are so out there and unique to her. Even the way the clothes were made back then, just because a lot of the stuff was vintage — just that feeling was really cool to have. I loved getting to see a picture of her and then look like that. I’ve always wanted to play a real person, so it was neat for me.
Me: Julissa asks, if you were to form the ultimate rock band, with musicians from today and of the past, who would you include?
Stewart: Oh, no. I answered the music that I listened to! I can’t even begin to try to make a band in my head. (Laughs)
Me: Do you have an all-time favorite guitarist?
Stewart: I don’t. I really actually don’t. It would take a really long time for me to think of the kind of band I’d wanna make, how they’d complement one another … it’s too loaded.
Me: Well, let’s move on to one from Tom: What’s the coolest stuff you’ve gotten from fans?
Stewart: I got a really cool jacket once. And I was freezing, so I really needed a jacket. That was really nice.
Fanning: I always get really cool gifts from Japanese fans. They always send me really cute things you can’t find in America. They’re usually Hello Kitty, and I love Hello Kitty, so …
Stewart: You do?
Fanning: Yeah.
Stewart: OK. That’s so funny. (Laughs)
Fanning: And you know, like stationery stores that have the walls of pens and things like that? I love that kind of stuff …
Stewart: You are Japanese.
(A publicist tells me we have a minute left)
Me: Caro wants to know if you watch your own movies.
Stewart: I kind of wish that we’d went to (the Austin Runaways screening).
Fanning: We’ve seen it five times.
Stewart: But I wish we went to that one because we heard it was really great, it was a real audience. It wasn’t movie people. Some actors are like, ‘Oh, I don’t watch the movie.’ But I have to see what happened. I have to see what we did.
Fanning: I look forward to it.
Stewart: Yeah, me too. I have to see everything done. But usually it’s hard for me. And it’s hard for me to watch this, too — like, there are parts that make me wanna kill myself. But I love the story so much. And I love the music. So I like to watch it.
Me: You know, most of the questions I got for this interview were from women, which I think is great. What do you think about that, and have you noticed a difference between the Twilight fans and Runaways fans?
Stewart: They’re both widely female, which is unique in the business because everyone says — and it is true — there’s not a whole lot of material for a female-driven audience. I would say they’re kind of similar … It’s empowering to read these stories. I feel like both of them are very bold girl stories.
Me: Thanks, guys.
Källa
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