Kristen : A Twilight Love Story

A TWILIGHT LOVE STORY

Winner of Woman of the Year at the 2010 ELLE Style Awards, Kristen shot to superstardom as moody teenager Bella Swan in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Now, with the third instalment of the vampire romance hitting cinemas on 9 July, Twilight, and indeed Kristen, mania has reached fever pitch. Simply Googling her name conjures up nearly 19 million hits. And then there’s her budding relationship with co-star Robert Pattinson, the celebrity gossip on everyone’s lips. But there’s more to Kristen’s acting CV than life in Forks, Washington where the blockbusters are set. Born and bred in Hollywood, her breakthrough role came aged 11 as Jodie Foster’s epileptic daughter in Panic Room. More recently she shone in 2009 indie comedy Adventureland and August sees the release of The Runaways in which she plays 1970s rock ’n’ roll legend Joan Jett. Clearly for Kristen, this is just the beginning.

THE INTERVIEW



Speeding down one of Los Angeles’s lengthy highways, Kristen’s Mini is the location for today’s interview. ELLE journalist, Hanna Hanra is in the passenger seat hoping to get to know the young star who is notorious for not chatting in interviews or smiling for photographs. Wearing a pair of old sneakers, skinny jeans and a hoodie, Kristen pulls up at the Malibu Lobster Shack at the side of the road. Two Ahi tuna burgers with fries and a Diet Coke later and the pair are back on the highway talking movies, fashion, music, and, to our surprise, about her ‘are-they-aren’t-they’ relationship with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.

'Why would I want anything that's private to become entertainment for other people?'


Kristen Stewart...

On Twilight: 'With Twilight, we never thought it was going to be so huge; we never thought we'd do a second, a third. I'm quite nervous about the third one, actually. It's so such a privilege to be able to play a role for so long. Also, it's such a product now; it didn't start out as a product. I read the first book and thought, "Wow, this is a pager turner." There was something in the script - the energy. It's raw desire, that's what that book is. Which is why it's weird that little kids read it. I'm like, "What are you thinking about when you're reading it?" I thought that it was going to be a really simple, overly dramatic - which was what was attractive about it - rotten love story. When they cast me it wasn't like "Omigod, I got this huge movie"; it was like, "OK, I got this film." You have to rev up to it.'

On fame: 'What you don't see are the cameras shoved in my face and the bizarre intrusive questions being asked, or the people falling over themselves, screaming and taunting to get a reaction. All you see is an actor or a celebrity lit up by a flash...A lot of the time I can't handle it. It's f***ed. I never expected that this would be my life.'

On growing up: 'My family are amazing. I had like, the perfect upbringing. It sucks for people like Lindsay [Lohan], but it's not her fault that she's so off the rails.'

On music: 'I'm just getting into The Smiths actually. Vicar in a Tutu is my favourite song. I was singing along to it this morning in my room; I'm so emo! I'm listening to Camera Obscura. It's really '"chicky music". I listen to stuff over and over. My favourite band is Interpol, and I'm listening to Broken Bells a lot, too. They are the new band from the lead singer of The Shins. I'm always going somewhere, so I get the chance to listen to a lot of music.

On Robert Pattinson: Ah, you'll have to read the full interview in July ELLE out now.

Source => Elle UK