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Kristen's Interview with Movieline from the Toronto OTR Press Junket
Update: Added Part 2 at the bottom
Part 1
Kristen Stewart fans may have been disappointed that the Twilight superstar did not make an appearance at last week's MTV Video Music Awards, but crowds here in Toronto had the chance to see the actress on the red carpet for the North American premiere of Walter Salles' On The Road along with fellow cast members Garrett Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Sam Riley. Stewart spoke with ML about the part she had actually landed before she filmed her first Twilight installment. Stewart shared her thoughts on the steamy relationship between her character Marylou and Hedlund's Dean Moriarty - a life-long relationship that was rife with affairs, drugs and a wild ride on the road.
"They really are 'simpatico.' It was a tumultuous relationship. And it's hard to love like that, but they were so in love with each other and you don't know this from reading the book, but they stayed lovers until the end of his life," Stewart said during a conversation with ML at a Toronto hotel over the weekend.
Stewart first read On The Road as a high school freshman. A short time afterward, she was approached by director Walter Salles who had been told to consider Stewart for the part of Marylou after fellow filmmakers saw her in Sean Penn's Into The Wild and suggested that he consider the young actress. The project took a number of years before the actual shoot commenced and in the meantime, Stewart began doing the enormously popular Twilight series, propelling her fame into the stratosphere.
"I got the [On The Road] job on the spot and I drove away vibrating," Stewart said.
In the film version of the book written by Jack Kerouac, Stewart plays the unconventional free-spirit Marylou, the former wife and still frequent lover of Dean Moriarty, a fast-talking charismatic with an insatiable libido. Dean and best friend Sal (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken after Dean's arrival take to the road. Marylou frequently accompanies Sal and Dean's travels across the country in adventures fueled by sex, drugs and the pursuit of the "It" - a quest for understanding and personal fulfillment.
"He kind of raised her and she always had a place in his heart, even though there were a lot of spots in that heart, but she was definitely one in the center and the same goes the other way around," Stewart said of Marylou and Dean, the On The Road names of the real-life individuals described by Kerouac. "They both helped each other grow up."
One of the seminal works of literature of post-war America, On The Road took decades to be made into a film, even after Francis Ford Coppola acquired the filmmaking rights to the story. Stewart said she believes that society may have not been ready to see On The Road in theaters in the immediate years after the book was published, acknowledging that the film, which has not yet been rated, is racy.
"I think it's a good time to see this story visually because we are not shocked by some of the things that we were so shocked by before and it would have veiled it," said Stewart. "It would have been so shocking seeing people doing drugs and having sex that you wouldn't have seen the spirit of [On the Road]. You wouldn't have seen the message behind it. Maybe it would have been good because it would have forced people to look, but maybe they weren't able to do it then."
She also expressed the need for young people to have dreams and a zest for life, similarly to the characters in the film, even if those dreams are not fully comprehended.
"At that stage of your life there's so much ahead of you, at least it feels that way. At that age you need to have a faith and feelings you can't articulate yet because at some point you need to hold onto them and you'll find the words to describe them."
Part 2
Before Twilight and even before Kristen Stewart was first approached to be in On The Road by Brazilian-born director Walter Salles, the young actress read the Jack Kerouac novel for school. She told Movieline that she picked up the book because it was an assignment given, but her experience with the now American classic evolved. "I found the book fun," she said. But after reading and studying it more, it became much more compelling and taught her personal life lessons about growing up, making choices and dealing with inhibitions. She also emphasized that while she played the comparatively wild Marylou, she does not judge her uninhibited character.
'On the Road' Toronto Press Junket (September 8, 2012)
Kristen and Garrett with Scott Feinberg
Screen cap from his interview
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Kristen's Interview with MTV from the Toronto 'On the Road' Press Junket
Kristen Stewart Takes Us Inside New Cut Of 'On The Road'
'Anyone who's a die-hard' Kerouac fan will love the updated version, KStew tells MTV News at the Toronto film fest.
Kristen Stewart is thrilled to be attending the Toronto International Film Festival, but don't let her catch you throwing around the event's acronym in casual conversation: when MTV News caught up with the actress shortly after the screening of her new film, "On the Road," she couldn't help ribbing Josh Horowitz for asking if she was enjoying her "TIFF".
"TIFF? 'How's your TIFF going,' that's what you said," she teased. "But it's good, it's good. Last time I was here for 'Into the Wild,' and I don't think I've been back since, so it's fun."
Needless to say, a lot has changed since her last visit to Toronto in 2007; Kristen has gone from a supporting actor to a celebrity headliner, whose appearance at this year's festival has drawn massive crowds of media and fans alike to the "On the Road" red carpet. But for Kristen, the most exciting part of being at TIFF is seeing the movie in its finished state; although she'd gotten a glimpse at the early cut of "On the Road" that had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, the fresh, final cut that debuted in Toronto was new to her. How does the new cut compare to the one she saw back in May?
"I love both of them so much," she gushed. And as for how the two versions differ: "One's longer, I think," she mused. "Maybe they can have this cool thing where they release a director's cut or something." (Though she also admitted that such a thing was unlikely, since the film that premiered in Toronto is the one approved by director Walter Salles.)
One improvement is clear, however: more so than the film audiences saw at Cannes, the version of "On the Road" that makes its way to theaters in the U.S. later this year will be wonderfully loyal to the book that inspired it.
"It's so true to the novel, not that it wasn't before," said Kristen. "It's just that now it's --" she snapped her fingers, to emphasize how tightly and closely the new cut of "On the Road" adheres to the source material. And for ardent fans of the novel, she assured us, this version of the film would be extremely satisfying.
"Anyone who's a die-hard, anyone who's a real Kerouac fan, is going to appreciate it, hopefully," she said, before laughing at the sweeping declaration she'd just made. "Let me just make that grand statement right there!"
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2012 TIFF InStyle Portrait Studio - Talks about working with co-stars and Costume Designer, Danny Glicker
“Everything was incredibly all-encompassing all the time,” Stewart told InStyle.com of working with co-stars Garrett Hedlund and Kirsten Dunst on the film. “I was very much involved with the movie constantly, constantly. And considering the nature of the film, it was a lot of fun.”
On the Road star Kristen Stewart (in a Balenciaga jacket) loved getting into her beatnik generation character, thanks to some special help from costume designer Danny Glicker. "He is so caring and specific about details that literally even if you didn’t see something you’re wearing underneath, like an undergarment or something, he would ask, 'Do you feel pretty?'" she said. "I’ve never worked more closely with a costume designer."
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Kristen's Interview with USA Today from Toronto 'On the Road' Press Junket
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.Saturday, September 8, 2012
Kristen's Interview with The Washington Post from Toronto OTR Press Junket
Yet there’s no place she would rather be than at the Toronto International Film Festival alongside her colleagues for the adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s 1950s Beat Generation novel, “On the Road.”
She said it was important to be there with director Walter Salles and co-stars that include Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund, who like Stewart had worked for years to get the film made.
“We have been waiting for this thing to be unleashed for so long. It was sort of one of those situations where you just have to put yourself in your body and go appreciate the moment,” Stewart said in an interview Saturday.
Recalling the film’s world premiere at May’s Cannes Film Festival, Stewart said, “I would have been happy standing at Cannes with the entire theater booing it as long as I was in that row with my cast and with Walter. We would have been fine. I feel so strong with these people, and it’s so appropriate. I belonged there.”
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