Fanning: 'Stewart kiss was no big deal'

Dakota Fanning has insisted that sharing an on-screen kiss with Kristen Stewart in The Runaways was not a "big deal".

The 16-year-old, who stars as real-life rocker Cherie Currie in the film alongside Stewart's Joan Jett, told Marie Claire that she felt comfortable doing the scene as it was a natural part of the musicians' relationship.

"It's out of the way, and it was with my friend and a girl - no pressure," she explained.

"It was not something Cherie [Currie] and Joan [Jett] ever really spoke about, and that's how it was filmed - as not that big of a deal."

She added that she hoped her role in The Runaways would allow the world to see her in a more mature light.

"When you start out young, people get really attached to who you are at 6 years old," she said.

"I hope that The Runaways was kind of a moment to be like, 'You know, I'm not that young little girl anymore, but I'm still not all grown up, either'."

The Runaways opens in UK cinemas on August 27.