Here are some photos of Kristen Stewart at last night’s TIFF premiere of Equals, the futuristic film which costars Nicholas Hoult. Kristen gamely posed for photos and managed to avoid many of her red carpet traps, like bad posture, lip-biting and general awkwardness (although she did play with her greasy-looking hair too much). Kristen’s premiere gown was Chanel, of course. In some photos, it reads as black but I’m pretty sure it’s just straight up navy. I imagine it would look ethereal on a model, but on Kristen… I’m not sure it works. Like, she doesn’t look completely stupid, so it works on some level. But Kristen is always better in cocktail dresses, I think.
The last time I wrote about this film, some anti-K-Stew person yelled at me on Twitter and told me to stop kissing her ass, which is weird, right? Kristen has never been one of my favorite celebrities, but I try to be fair to her and her quirks. So, I won’t say anything about how the film was received, I’ll just concentrate on some of the press Kristen did. She gave an exclusive to People Mag, which you can read here (it’s boring, she’s just saying words). She told Variety that “At this stage of my life where I’m close to these awakening periods, and it’s a big deal for me, and to represent them so basically and so hard was intimidating as hell.” She also said actors “love nothing more than to be over-indulgent and think about things too much.” That’s very true. And here are some assorted quotes from her Daily Beast interview:
On overmedicating, the reliance on pills: ““Oh, do you feel something? We can help you with that.” Self-exploration goes out the door with medication. You go, “Oh god, I have a little stomachache,” and they say, “Here, we can help you with that.” Well, why do you have that stomachache? Maybe it’s because your head’s in your stomach, so maybe there’s something you’re ignoring that you can work out… It is crazy. It’s weird because if you’re overtly emotional about anything, people discredit what thought you might be contributing, because anything overtly emotional can be viewed as a weakness. It’s interesting what you’re saying about how now we’re trying to suppress emotions or irregularities with drugs and deem people controllable by meds, because I think we’re more in tune and more honest with our emotions now than we have ever been. You think about your grandparents or their grandparents, and you think about the patriarch of the family never showing emotion—with women, too. As we’ve gotten past that, the meds have upped. It’s bizarre. The two things don’t really go together.
On Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk: “Oh my god. Did you see her come out of jail? Honestly, it makes me so deeply uncomfortable. I feel really bad for her. Anyone who’s so closed off to things that are so apparent? Imagine what else she’s missing out on in life. I’m not making any grand statements about her personally, but if something so glaringly obvious, such as this subject…That’s why I feel bad for her. It’s like, “Oh, buddy, that must suck.” That fear of the unknown cripples people, breeds hate, and it’s just very sad.
She says a lot more about the overreliance on meds and how just because someone is emotional, doesn’t mean they’re mentally ill. She makes some interesting points and I know exactly where she’s coming from and I don’t even completely disagree with her. I even like her compassion for Kim Davis – like, she thinks it must suck for a person to be filled with so much hate/confusion about LGBT rights and love.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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