Garrett and Walter Talk about Kristen at The Wrap's 'On the Road' Screening in LA (December 5, 2012)

TheWrap - According to Hedlund, the respect for Kerouac's work extended throughout the cast, which includes Sam Riley as aspiring writer Sal Paradise; "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart, who plays Moriarty's libertine teenage bride Marylou; Tom Sturridge as Allen Ginsberg stand-in Carlo Marx; and Viggo Mortensen as Old Bull Lee, a character based on "Naked Lunch" author William Burroughs.

"We all shared a similar passion for the book," Hedlund said. "There wasn't a single person on this project who didn't feel completely holy and honored to be there."

(Stewart was scheduled to attend the screening but canceled at the last minute due to illness.)

"I met her and found someone who knew the book inside-out, and also understood that Marylou was 20 years ahead of her time," Salles recalled.

"I think that Kristen in her life, she drifts toward these characters who expand or investigate territories that are forbidden a number of times, and she was very drawn to this."

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