Three books that have changed Kristen Stewart's life:
1. "Going way back, I did a movie of it too -- a book called Speak. As a young girl, it was fairly emotional for me for fundamentally obvious girlie reasons."
2. "On the Road got me started reading a lot. It led me to The Stranger. It reminds you that you are, very much, alone."
3. "East of Eden because it blew my mind that someone could be so many people. It's so universal and all-encompassing. It's a whole world. It blew my head off."
Kristen Stewart did what most actors in her situation wouldn't: in the midst of personal scandal, she stepped out to promote her small, intimate and very personal film, On the Road.
"Thanks, man. Thanks," says Stewart, when told it was good of her to put herself out there, given the scrutiny she's been under.
Granted,
she did her interviews with costar Garrett Hedlund and director Walter
Salles. But she put herself out there and for that, I respect her.
The
film is based on Jack Kerouac's seminal American novel. Hedlund plays
Dean, who has what could be generously described a very unconventional
relationship with his teen bride, Mary Lou (Stewart).
Plus,Twihards,
she's just a cool chick who's smart and well-read, with On the Road
being a favorite. "I was it a freshman when I read it. I was projecting
to the future a little bit. Is that what's on its way? It was about
knowing that I wasn't there yet. I hadn't realized what my ambitions
were. It made me less insecure and a little bit more hungry."
She's
not kidding."I would have done anything on the movie. I would have been
any crew member. I would have followed the crew in the car as a fan
just to be around it," said Stewart. "Getting to know the woman behind
the character -- she's not the main character and you do wonder what
kind of person would live like that?"
"Personality-wise,
we're so different. I am just a little bit more locked up and with
time, I think that's going to go," says Stewart. "I don't think it's
possible to change who you are.
For
Hedlund, the book was "something special and changed the way I was
writing. Most of the time, I was alone, working in different countries. I
had so much downtime and I was writing more and more. The notepad
seemed to be Kerouac's friend."
His
Dean dumps his pregnant wife. He's a lost man, easily bored, with few
boundaries. How did Hedlund get into character? "I was able to take
drives alone. There's a lot of obstacles you overcome along the way and
wonderful people you meet along the way. You have to be open and
accepting and it really created conversations."
Hedlund
and Stewart's characters have loosely, effortlessly passionate love
scenes in the film. "None of them were events. Professionally, from an
actor's standpoint, you do what you have to do. I think it's about
feeling safe with who you're with and that you're both there for the
right reasons," says Stewart. "The only way to do Mary Lou justice was
to feel free and natural doing it. It was always easy. It was done so
quickly."
For the actress, the film was a nice break from her blockbuster Twilight series.
"I have been pretty lucky. I've gotten to switch things up. Five years of one thing ... it would asinine," says Stewart.
And the most important question of the day: why is her finger in a splint? She broke it, shrugs Stewart.
Granted,
she did her interviews with costar Garrett Hedlund and director Walter
Salles. But she put herself out there and for that, I respect her.The film is based on Jack Kerouac's seminal American novel. Hedlund plays Dean, who has what could be generously described a very unconventional relationship with his teen bride, Mary Lou (Stewart).
Plus,Twihards, she's just a cool chick who's smart and well-read, with On the Road being a favorite. "I was it a freshman when I read it. I was projecting to the future a little bit. Is that what's on its way? It was about knowing that I wasn't there yet. I hadn't realized what my ambitions were. It made me less insecure and a little bit more hungry."
She's not kidding."I would have done anything on the movie. I would have been any crew member. I would have followed the crew in the car as a fan just to be around it," said Stewart. "Getting to know the woman behind the character -- she's not the main character and you do wonder what kind of person would live like that?"
"Personality-wise, we're so different. I am just a little bit more locked up and with time, I think that's going to go," says Stewart. "I don't think it's possible to change who you are.
For Hedlund, the book was "something special and changed the way I was writing. Most of the time, I was alone, working in different countries. I had so much downtime and I was writing more and more. The notepad seemed to be Kerouac's friend."
His Dean dumps his pregnant wife. He's a lost man, easily bored, with few boundaries. How did Hedlund get into character? "I was able to take drives alone. There's a lot of obstacles you overcome along the way and wonderful people you meet along the way. You have to be open and accepting and it really created conversations."
Hedlund and Stewart's characters have loosely, effortlessly passionate love scenes in the film. "None of them were events. Professionally, from an actor's standpoint, you do what you have to do. I think it's about feeling safe with who you're with and that you're both there for the right reasons," says Stewart. "The only way to do Mary Lou justice was to feel free and natural doing it. It was always easy. It was done so quickly."
For the actress, the film was a nice break from her blockbuster Twilight series.
"I have been pretty lucky. I've gotten to switch things up. Five years of one thing ... it would asinine," says Stewart.
And the most important question of the day: why is her finger in a splint? She broke it, shrugs Stewart.
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