MOVIES ONLINE: KRISTEN STEWART INTERVIEW

Movies Online.ca has a fantastic, very in-depth interview with Kristen Stewart. Kristen talks about her experiences on New Moon, working with Chris Weitz, fan encounters, Bella and much, much more. Read more below:

Q: The scenes with Victoria in this are really harrowing. What has it been like working with Bryce Dallas Howard in that role in Eclipse?

Stewart: Really good. Bryce is scary. She’s really oddly sweet as well. So it’s funny to see her switch back and forth, but Victoria for Bella is like an ever present fear. Even when Victoria is not around, she’s scared that she’s coming back. Bryce is such a good actress and it was easy to be scared of her.

Q: Can you talk about breaking in your new director? How did you work with Chris Weitz?

Stewart: Chris has everything. I think to be a good director you have to be a good person and you have to care about people. I don’t know a more compassionate human being. I couldn’t have done this unless I had such a believable environment and a comfortable and safe environment to be so vulnerable in. He provided that tenfold. He’s one of the coolest guys, one of the smartest and funniest guys I know. He really loves the project as well. He wasn’t just jumping on the next big thing. So it wasn’t about breaking him in at all. He only helped make everything better. He made everything what it is. He’s incredible. Ilove him.

Q: Did he give you guys any guideposts when he came in? And if so, what were they and how did that work?

Stewart: Chris did a very different thing that I’ve never had a director do. He put together, it’s like a syllabus almost of what we were supposed to achieve and how he was going to make it easier for everyone, sort of an introduction to how he likes to work. It didn’t only introduce the idea of collaboration, it was like inviting everyone onto this project and saying, “Please, everyone love it, and please, everyone be invested and work hard because we’re all here to work.” You know what I mean? It was very encouraging. It also had technical aspects of how he was so sorry that so much of the movie was going to be CGI stuff that we were going to have to react to, but that he was always going to make us aware of what we were acting with, that he was never going to leave us high and dry. A lot of the FX movies are hard to do because you don’t know what you’re reacting to. So he had a full rundown of how he planned on making the movie. Most directors are like, “Have you put together notes for our meeting?” It’s like, “No. That’s your job.” So he’s amazing. I love him.

Q: These films have come out so fast, one after the other. Can you talk about the intensity of that and also if you think you’ll remember any of it in five years?

Stewart: There’s already a lot of stuff that I have to say, “Okay, Kristen, be here. Experience it. Make sure that this isn’t just another fleeting situation that you’re going to barely remember.” You have to force yourself to sort of be present. But I feel like the fact that I have the opportunity to pick and choose moments that I want to remember and I have to focus on remembering cool moments, that only tells you that I literally have an influx of them. I’ve had the coolest two years and I’m so lucky.

Q: How attached have you become to Bella since starting this project?

Stewart: I’m very protective of her. I feel a shared ownership. It’s weird. If you were to talk about the character in a way that was not at all thought out or flippant, I would be right there to say that you didn’t know what you were talking about. I’m so defensive of her. So, yeah, I feel like I like her a lot. I think I can just say yes.

Q: Can you talk about any moments that stand out about making the next movie and what is the third director like?

Stewart: Yeah, “Eclipse” is such that, just like “New Moon,” it sort of starts and becomes a completely new movie. So does “Eclipse.” Just as soon as you think you’re going to get the same story, all of a sudden it completely changes. Bella is much more back to herself. She’s content now. She’s again comfortable and self-assured in a way that she wasn’t in “New Moon.” I think what I really love about “Eclipse,” what was interesting for me to explore was different levels of love and acknowledging that the ideals that you maybe had a little while ago aren’t true. Bella is innately honest. That’s something that I feel she is. In “Eclipse,” she lies to herself and she lies to everyone around her about the fact that she’s in love with Jacob, just not as much. It’s not that extra thing that you can’t really even describe. I loved watching the three of them. I loved playing with the three characters together. There’s literally a scene where Edward and Jacob who are mortal enemies are in a tent with a sleeping Bella in between them. It’s a ridiculous circumstance to find yourself in. We had so much to work with. Then the FX as well were even more. There’s a big battle that happens and that was more than we had to deal with on “New Moon.” So it was cool. I’ve always gotten to do things for really short periods of time. To follow a character this long, it surprises me every time. I can’t wait to do the fourth one because I’m sure that I’m going to come in next year and say that everything I said this time was wrong, that I actually know Bella more now. And also, we have such established dynamics. The way that I know Bella deals with Edward, you sort of can’t mess with that. I know how she deals with him. I know how she deals with Jacob. I know how she deals with Charlie, her dad, and then to have people come in and help out that process is only cooler. You always get a different perspective. So working with David [Slade] was like, “Okay, let’s see what you’ve got,” because he came up with a lot of stuff that I would’ve never thought of and he’s quite good at the whole technical aspect of movie making which is so completely over my head. So I got to feel safe that he had that handled and me and Rob and Taylor just sort of did our thing.

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