She started playing at the age of eight, and in 2002 she became more recognizable thanks to the film “Asylum” directed by David Fincher. However, it cannot be denied that she gave her the greatest publicity in “Twilight”, in which she played the main heroine and beloved vampire – Bella.
In 2018 during the Cannes festival, Kristen Stewart She announced that she intends to direct a film, which is an adaptation of the novel “Water Chronology” by Lidia Yuknavitch. Work on the project could not start for a long time, because the actress had a problem with gaining funds.
“We had to leave the USA to make this film at all,” Stewart admitted honestly during a meeting organized by “Breaking Through The Lens”, an organization supporting film creators struggling with exclusion.
It is surprising that the star of this rank – with an Oscar nomination on the account and hundreds of millions of dollars generated in the Box Office – could not find financing in the native industry. But, as it turns out, the fact that Stewart did not want to play the main role, only directed it, he was a problem for investors.
However, the effort paid off. Stewart stood on the red carpet in Cannes not as an actress, but as an author – with a film, which is both harsh and poetic, intimate and uncompromising.
“I feel like I was looking at my child in kindergarten and said:” Look how she is going! ” Kristen said.
The film was based on the autobiography of Lidia Yuknavitch, telling about the fall of the promising Olympic swimmer, who loses the scholarship, fights addiction, and at the same time discovers himself and love for literature. Stewart, being aware that he is not the right person to play Yuknavitch, focused on Imogen Poots.
The film was presented at the Cannes festival. The audience reacted extremely enthusiastically, and after the show, the fans surrounded the actress, hindering her leaving the room.
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