Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning appeared at the South By Southwest Film Festival Thursday night, March 18th to promote their new film The Runaways. Here are some more photos of Kristen and Dakota at the premiere with The Runaways director Floria Sigismondi and photos of Kristen and Dakota at the after party with Cherie Currie.
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning appeared on the red carpet at the South By Southwest Film Festival Thursday, March 18th. Here’s a brief interview on the red carpet from the local Austin station KXAN News.
The Province has a great interview with The Runaways make up artist Robin Mathews on how she got the look for Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.
“During that time period, punk rock was just beginning,” Mathews says. “It was all about Suzi Quatro and the Ramones’ pale skin, heavy black eyeliner and hair, which was followed by ‘80s glam glitter and stripy blush. It was eccentric and over the top. Nothing was subtle.”
Mathews pored through thousands of photos and video footage of the Runaways, as well as makeup ads from the 1970s, to capture the look down to the tiniest detail. “We really delved into the research,” says Mathews, who discovered quirky cosmetic habits, including the fact that Jett and Currie each painted just one of their fingernails red.
Mathews eschewed any soft-lighted perfection when it came to getting Stewart and Fanning into character. “It was important to keep it true to life, realistic and not glossed-over Hollywood,” she says. “The Runaways were teenagers, so if we needed to add blemishes or to make them look like they had been out on the road, we did that. It wasn’t always dewy, beautiful skin. It was all about the eyes.”
We now have even better quality pictures to share with you of Eclipse cast mates Kristen Stewart (aka Bella Swan) and Dakota Fanning (aka Jane) at the NYC premiere of their new movie The Runaways.