Nearly 45 years later, Diane Lane is proud of the punk legacy that has come from one of her pre-breakout roles.
In an interview with Deadline, the 3x Golden Globe nominee recently reflected on her Lou Adler-directed 1982 cult classic Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, which is largely credited for influencing the riot grrrl movement of the ’90s.
“It was so wild,” she said of filming the movie as a teen. “It was airing not too long ago on TCM, and I was very vindicated to see that that film had the legs that it deserves to have, and it was wonderful to have been appreciated by people who went on in their music careers and were emboldened by our story.”
Lane continued, “It was February of 1980 when we filmed that. So, just put that in your pipe and smoke it. I mean, it was very real to the times just coming out of the 70s. So, punk was already there and getting only more so. But as a point in history, it’s lovely to say I was a part of it in whatever little way that I could be as a 15-year old girl in the film industry.”
In Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, Lane starred as frustrated teen Corinne Burns, who forms the band, The Stains, with her sister Tracy (Marin Kanter) and their cousin Jessica McNeil (Laura Dern). When the punk group, The Looters, comes to town, the trio joins their tour and quickly rises to global stardom. The cast also featured the Sex Pistols’ Paul Thomas Cook and Steve Jones, as well as The Clash’s Paul Simonon.
Since garnering a cult following shortly after its release, musicians like Courtney Love, Bikini Kill’s Tobi Vail and Bratmobile’s Allison Wolfe have credited the film as an influence.