For every other role, Stella Maeve dyes her hair another color, but she could only argue about immersing “each project [with] everything [she’s] got, no matter what it takes.” Success requires sacrifices, no matter how little or big. With her new “dirty blonde” hair-style, this one-time ‘Gossip Girl’ star is about to hit the big screen in the much anticipated motion picture, “The Runaways.”

Portraying the late drummer and founder of “The Runaways” Sandy West, Maeve puts herself into West’s boots and whipped up a musical commotion with her co-stars Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, and Scout Taylor-Compton. With a cast that has already strutted down hundreds of red carpets and starred in various feature films, these thespians all became close and “really did become a band.”

Meeting her new co-stars, who are all accomplished professionals, was “a little intimidating,” but “the girls were really supportive, and the nerves were gone as quickly as they came.”

“The Runaways” is based on the all-girls rock band that formed in the 1970s. Sandy West (Maeve) and Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) are founders of the legendary group which burst with famous songs such as, “Cherry Bomb” and “Born to be Bad.” The biographical film is directed by Floria Sigismondi.

Recreating the band’s livelihood takes a lot of work, and Maeve wanted to attempt to “recreate this amazing story from these women’s lives as best as possible.” The members were “strong, powerful, [and] brilliant” teenagers that were only 16 and 17-year-olds when the group was formed, causing the world to blink again to make sure they weren’t being fooled. Maeve playing the role of West was “enough” for her to feel pleased. “It was about giving my all to Sandy who deserves nothing less.”

Remaking the seventies decade took more than just the hairdos. Replicating wardrobe pieces of each character was also a true necessity. Each with their own style, Maeve and the other girls wore “a lot of bell bottoms and boots,” which still makes a fashion statement today.

Though having great experiences on set, paparazzi hoarded the location every chance they got for quick photos. From TMZ to Extra, “The Runaways” was already making headline news even before releasing their trailers. Although the cameramen were aggressive and “distracting,” Maeve believes that everyone has to “put food on the table” even with such a job as a candid photographer.

So the story is much more than music, it’s about five girls who made history. “They were an inspiration to women and men everywhere” and were also later “compared to John Bottom and David Bowie!” More than what school can teach, the band learned about “life” by living in the real world without a scent of anxiety. They were simply “superstars all over the world.”