JOAN Jett has heaped praise on Twilight star Kristen Stewart – insisting the actress is “totally professional” and a pleasure to work with.

Jett says she couldn’t be happier Stewart was picked to play her in upcoming biopic The Runaways.

“I found Kristen to be through and through totally professional and just great to be around,” said Joan.

“I found us to be really, scarily similar, just in our physicality, the way we move through space.

“She is so authentic. The thing that came through to me was that it was important to her to capture it. She really wanted to nail it.“So I gave her all The Runaways music that I could find; I gave her tapes of me talking… When we were together prior to the start of filming, she was staring at me the whole time.

“I knew she was watching my posture, my mannerisms, everything I did, the way I hold my hands, just everything. And she really soaked it in.

“When we were hanging out together on set, it was like I had a mirror image. Even just sitting around, we’d do the same thing at the same time. It was just great – and it wasn’t creepy. It was wonderfully special.”

Source: Showbiz Spy

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