Diane Lane talks about her punk legacy in The Fabulous Stains

Nearly 45 years later, Diane Lane is proud of her punk heritage that came from one of her pre-breakout roles.

In an interview with Deadline, the 3x Golden Globe nominee recently spoke about her 1982 Lou Adler-directed classic. Ladies and gentlemen, great spotswhich is largely credited with influencing the riot control movement of the 1990s.

“It was so wild,” she said of filming the film as a teenager. “It aired not too long ago on TCM, and I was so vindicated when I saw that this movie had the legs it deserved, and it was great for it to be appreciated by people who have gone on to make music and been encouraged by our story.”

Lane continued, “It was February of 1980 when we shot that. So, just put that in your pipe and smoke it. I mean it was very real for the times just coming out of the ’70s. So, punk was already there and it was becoming more than that. But as a point in history, it’s nice to say that I was a part of it in whatever small way I could be as a 15-year-old girl in the film industry.”

in Ladies and gentlemen, great spotsLane starred as disillusioned teenager Corinne Burns, who forms the band The Stains, along with her sister Tracy (Marin Kanter) and their cousin Jessica MacNeil (Laura Dern). When punk band The Looters come to town, the trio joins their tour and quickly rises to international stardom. The cast also included Paul Thomas Cook and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, as well as Paul Simonon of The Clash.