Kristen Stewart says she’s pleased with the impression her recent Rolling Stone photo shoot made.
The 33-year-old actress, who is promoting her new film Love Lies Bleeding, spoke about the reaction to the magazine’s steamy layout while appearing at a press conference at the Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Sunday.
“The existence of a female body that offers you any type of sexuality that is not designed exclusively for heterosexual men is something that people are not very comfortable with and that’s why I’m very happy with that,” said the Oscar-nominated actress. , according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In the photo shoot for the magazine, the Los Angeles native was dressed in a jockstrap and basketball shorts as she posed in a dilapidated weight room.
Love Lies Bleeding, an A24 crime thriller directed by Rose Glass, centers on a romance between Stewart’s character, a gym manager named Lou, and bodybuilder Jackie (played by Katy O’Brian).
Kristen Stewart, 33, says she’s pleased with the impression her recent shoot for Rolling Stone made as she appeared at a press conference at the Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Sunday.
The actress, who is promoting her new film Love Lies Bleeding, spoke about the reaction to the steamy design in the magazine.
Stewart detailed her creative philosophy regarding the photo shoot (which was shot by the publication’s Collier Schorr), adding that she “loved the opportunity” to be the subject of it.
“It’s okay to take different photos and mix them up in a way that people aren’t used to and want to do, and that’s okay too,” he said. “In fact, it’s ubiquitous and it’s everywhere and it’s being denied and it’s crazy that there aren’t more photographs like that.”
At the press conference, Stewart, who identifies as bisexual, said she feels like “the era of queer movies, which are so clearly just that, is over, it’s over.”
‘Maybe they happen, but I think things evolve and move forward. It’s so inherent to how we all move forward.
The Twilight alum added: “He’s not doing [movies] about the reasons why they are marginalized, but about people’s real experiences, what they love, what their desires are, where they come from, where they want to go and, yes, not feeling like you always have to sit still. *Make a platform and be the spokesperson for everyone.’
Stewart said he felt that films in the LGBTQ+ genre should be made for the mainstream, in an effort to move forward.
“We can’t keep doing this thing where we tell everyone how to feel, and where we pat ourselves on the back and get points for giving space to marginalized voices,” Stewart said, “and only in the capacity of “It allows us to talk only about that.”
At the press conference, Stewart, who has been seen in recent years in films such as Love Me, Crimes of the Future and Spencer, gave an update on a biopic she is working on focusing on the late author Susan Sontag.
Stewart spoke about the film alongside director Rose Glass on Sunday.
The film’s plot centers on a romance between Stewart’s character, a gym manager named Lou, and bodybuilder Jackie (played by Katy O’Brian).
At the press conference, Stewart, who identifies as bisexual, said she feels like “the era of queer movies, being so clearly just that, is over.”
“The Sontag thing is going to take place over a very long period of time,” Stewart said of the creative process.
He described the Sontag project as “a hybrid documentary, a research project, an experiment, a film within a film,” adding that “the format is unique” with “a kind of open process.”
Stewart said it had not yet been determined when the project, which began “last year here at the festival,” would launch.
Love Lies Bleeding, which also stars Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Anna Baryshnikov and Jena Malone, hits theaters on March 8.