Kristen Stewart wants more Hollywood studios to take up female narratives

Los Angeles, May 19 (IANS) Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart, who made her directorial debut with “The Chronology of Water”, hopes that her film can trigger a change within the movie business.

The 35-year-old actress wants her biographical drama film to encourage more movie studios to explore female narratives, reports ‘Female First UK’.

The Hollywood star said during a panel at Deadline's Cannes Film Festival studio, "We broke the seal. Hopefully we can start flooding, gushing into view”.

Kristen observed that, for too long, audiences have been presented with "prescribed stories". The actress-turned-director said, "We get prescribed stories just shoved into our faces, down our throats”.

Kristen is often frustrated with how women are portrayed on the big screen. She explained, "The imagery that we consume, the conversations that are not allowed, the fact that we can’t tell people when we’re bleeding, like it’s gross or something".

As per ‘Female First UK’, “The Chronology of Water” is based on the memoir of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch. And Imogen Poots, who plays the film's central character, has revealed that she jumped at the chance to join the project.

The 35-year-old actress, whose character evolves into a triumphant teacher and a mother, shared, "You just don’t read things like that. Or if you do read scripts like that, they’re not getting made. And so it was just this living, breathing document. It was just such a miracle that we ended up making this film. It’s extraordinary”.

Meanwhile, Kristen recently revealed that she's always wanted to direct. The movie star has actually been thinking about directing since the start of her acting career, but she was waiting for the perfect project to come her way.

Kristen told The Hollywood Reporter, "I think I asked a couple of actors on one of my very early projects [about] the youngest director they could stomach working with. And I was sat down by most of them and asked, 'Why are you even asking us that question?'”.

"I had to wait until right now for this to be actualised, because there are portals that set you free. Texts or songs or conversations that give you ways into figuring out how you want to wield your voice. And even though I always knew that I was waiting for that trigger, I hadn’t found it yet until ('The Chronology of Water'). This was eight years ago”.

Kristen shared that reaching her directorial debut has been a "slow and laborious" process. But the actress, who is best known for playing Bella Swan in the 'Twilight' film franchise, relished the challenge of directing.

She said, "I’ve wanted to direct movies as long as I have been an actor and it’s been a multi-tiered development. But for some reason, psychotically, I’ve wanted to do it forever, because I do think the exchange between an actor and a director is a bridge between two very different positions”.

--IANS

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