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Skill with a bow and arrow won’t help here: Kristen Stewart just snagged a role Jennifer Lawrence was gunning for. Although the most recent news on the Twilight star hasn’t exactly been stellar, it appears that she’s still looking to take her acting seriously, and has now landed the lead role in upcoming indie film, Lie Down in the Darkness, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by William Styron.
According to Vulture, Kristen will play Peyton Loftis, a girl who’s “constantly compared to her crippled sister, Maudie” — who’s yet to be cast — “and her intense physical beauty makes her the object of her frigid mother’s jealous hatred.” (Pretty similar to the whole Snow White/Evil Queen plot there, eh?) Oh, and her father’s an alcoholic with less-than-father-like thoughts about Kristen’s character. A far cry from many of the flicks she’s been seen in in the past.
She reportedly edged out Jennifer Lawrence, despite Jenn’s publicly-known admiration for the part. In an interview with W magazine, she says, “I am obsessed with that part. I have this feeling of protectiveness over characters I want to play. I worry about them — if someone else gets the part, I’m afraid they won’t do it right; they’ll make the character a victim or they’ll make her a villain or they’ll just get it wrong somehow… I’m trying to write the director of Lie Down in Darkness a letter to convince him that I should be in his movie. I’ll chase him if I have to. I’ll sit outside his house. I’m beside myself over that script. When I get like that, anything’s possible.”
But despite Jennifer’s probable disappointment at the moment, she still has Catching Fire, an X-Men sequel and two movies with Bradley Cooper to look forward to within the next year. So maybe she wouldn’t have even had the time for this particular project? Yeah, let’s go with that.
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I dont like Stewart, is she prettier than lawrence? yeah, but that’s not the point, Kristen is not a good actress, period. She has this poker face going on all the time. Lawrence in the other hand, i dont know, i just dont feel “it” with her, i’ve seen her in a couple of movies, including the hunger games, and i thought that she looked perfect for the part, but in my opinion, she just developed the harsh part of Katniss, when she was trying to be a little smoother, i perceived fakeness… So, yeah, let’s just see how this movie comes out.
Kristen did ok in Twilight but her hair looks greasy in the movie and her acting skill is only suitable to movies with a clumsy girl like Bella.-.-
Kristen obviously can’t act for her life, probably sleeping with the director of this too…
Okay. I like Kristen a lot she’s cool and very laid back..! Do I agree with the whole personal story with Rob? No I believe she was wrong. But I am a huge fan of Kristen no matter what I will always be because her personal business is her personal business and shouldn’t matter with her career yes I love her and rob. I will always support Kristen with her acting and be there for persknal issues as well and I will with Rob too. Please some of the stuff that is said isn’t cool at all so grow up and if your a fan of Kristen support her dont diss her because of her personal life.
Just have one thing to say about it: Jennifer is so much better, and I dont give a damn who Kristen have cheating, she just can not act.
What the? Kristen cannot act!
we all know that Jennifer Lawrence is 100% better than Kristen Stewart!!! Jennifer is an amazing actress
Wow! She must be doing something relaly good to deserve to have one single post dedicated to her. Must check her out.Regards,mpes
That was a dumb move on the casting directors part.
People are just mad because she cheated on rob, saying shes not a good actress, well shes the highest paid actress for a reason. Most people judge her based on twilight but she has alot more movies that don”t include warewolves and vampires that i personally think are great. And i’m sure she got picked for this role because the director doesn’t care about her personal life and thought she could play the role better than Jennifer Lawrance.
The bitch can’t act no matter what movie she’s in. Jennifer, on the other hand, as only been in, like, two other movies besides The Hunger Games, and she’s already one of the most famous actress on the planet. Want to know why, Because she is an amazing actress. The casting directors are just brainless assholes.
Jennifer Lawrence was a big hit because of the hunger games, Kristen Stewart was a big hit because of twilight but both of them have tons of other movies, and if you think that Jennifer Lawrance got famous after just two movies you are very wrong . And if you think Kristen is a bad actress i’d like to see you try to play all the roles she has
IM not mad because Kristen cheated but kristen too akward not so pretty and cant act but jennifer can act and is pretty
NO! My goodness how many movies will it take to show the casting agents and moviegoers that Kristen Stewart can NOT act to save her life. Speak seemed like the only role that she was ever good in. Jennifer Lawerence has way more variety and like Bonnie said Jen would portray this part flawlessly.
The whole story has come apart. Who would have guessed that an unsourced Vulture story may have gotten it wrong.
Btw, the idea that Jen is gunning for this part is based on an outdated 2010 article. Even if she were available, is there any evidence that Jen still wants to do this film with this script and director?
And I don’t get the snark at the end. How about this: Teen.com reproduced a false story without fact-checking and now has egg on its face. But you can always claim you were just following the other incompetent journalists who also reproduced the story, so you should not shoulder the blame. Yeah, let’s go with that. Priceless.
To be honest, this role sounds like something that Jen would do flawlessly. We’ve already seen her in roles like this such as Winter’s Bone, in which she got an Oscar nom for, and the Poker House. I agree that it’s probably a scheduling conflict, that or the director had a very particular vision of this character that he felt fit Kristen better.
No, it’s not “Yeah, let’s go with that.” It’s definitely, “Let’s go with that.” She indeed wasn’t given the role because of previous committments to shoot sequels for both X-Men and Catching Fire.
I really don’t like how you guys at Teen operate things.
Jennifer is defintely a better actress. They probably only gave the part to Kristen because Jennifer had schedule conflicts!
Go Kristen! So proud of her,she really wanted this role.She always gives 110% to her roles.I can’t wait to watch it.
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The first Twilight movie? I can’t stand to watch her in that movie
yeah i agree with you. Kristen is amazing actress. She so perfect for this role. i don’t care about her personal life. Kristen is still the best actress for her generation. She is really good in each all her movies…haters back off. Both are great actress but i prefer kristen than jennifer for this role. sorry jen..
Oh my God, Are you crazy or something? Kristen Stewart is one of the worst actresses I’ve ever seen, she’s just making all this money and attention because it’s the girl from Twilight. She is boring and has the same facial expression in every film … Well, but now we all know how she earns her roles, is not it? True story!
She can’t even act.
Are you serious?