Article by Claire Wilson
She gets to snog Robert Pattinson and has millions in the bank - but don't go calling Kristen Stewart a star
Robert Pattinson has heralded her as the best actress of her generation, and millions would draw blood for a drop of her success. But instead of lapping up this adoration, Kristen Stewart wishes she wasn't famous. While we'd be RSVP'ing to every showbiz party in town and going crazy on Rodeo Drive, this 19 year old is a very reluctant superstar. It's a little inconvenient, then, that her role as Bella Swan in the biggest film franchise since Harry Potter has catapulted Kristen to A-list levels. Her kooky looks and offbeat style (Converse on the red carpet, anyone?) haven't helped her blend into the in-crowd either. She stands miles apart from her contemporaries because she lets her talent do the talking - and that's exactly how she wants it to stay. "I don't want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie," she says. "Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I'm an actor. It's bizarre to me that everybody's so obsessive."
Bella and Edward's chemistry sizzles on screen In fact, the only thing Kristen is fixated about is staying sane. It's fair to say that since becoming the saga's leading lady last year, her life has been flipped upside down. Like co-star Robert, who plays on-screen boyfriend Edward Cullen, the attention from fans is intense, heightened even more by rumours about the nature of their friendship. Whatever the truth, Kristen's clever enough to handle the pressure - and she's figured out pretty quickly that believing the hype is the most dangerous thing a young starlet could do. "Edward is actually a really good parallel for fame," she says. "As a vampire, he has a sad, desolate life - fame is the same." Talented, grounded, and with a mature outlook on life? In Hollywood Kristen is as rare as a Botox-free forehead. We meet at LA's Four Seasons Hotel where she does an impressive job of being 'normal', arriving with her head down and wearing the teen uniform of skinny jeans and a plain tee. "Fashion is not something I think about," she admits. "I'm not a big shopper. My style is T-shirts. My favourite ones are my brother's old worn-out ones. I get my shoes on eBay."
Born in LA to parents who both work in the film industry, Kristen's career began aged eight when an agent saw her in a Christmas play at her school in California. But it was after Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke spotted her on the set of low-budget comedy Adventureland in 2007, that Kristen was catapulted into the big time, playing awkward outsider Bella to perfection. In real life the co-stars snuggle up on a night out In New Moon, the second in the Twilight saga, Bella spends most of the film heartbroken after Edward decides that dating a vampire is dangerous for her. So convincing is Kristen's performance, you can't help but wonder whether she drew on her own experience of breaking up with her long-term boyfriend, actor Michael Angarano, 21, earlier this year.
"The worst thing about a break-up is not losing someone, but being told you're wrong," she says. "You don't trust yourself any more. "In the first movie Bella unabashedly followed her guy. Then in the second one, she's like: 'I don't know who I am, I don't know why I've done any of this because it's been wrong.' And that I can completely relate to." Being the girl that kisses RPattz, not to mention those rumours, means Kristen doesn't always get a warm reception from fans. "I can't think of any other movie where people really, really invest in the characters and hold them so closely," she says. "I feel bad, but at the same time no one can hate you just because you're kissing the vampire man." It's no wonder fans have become "Robsessed" with Pattinson and super-suave, sensitive Edward. But level-headed Kristen is under no illusions that Edward's model of the perfect man does not exist. "Edward is far from being perfect. He's tortured, brooding, plus he over-thinks and over-analyses. But he's smart."
You and him both, Kristen!
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Bella and Edward's chemistry sizzles on screen In fact, the only thing Kristen is fixated about is staying sane. It's fair to say that since becoming the saga's leading lady last year, her life has been flipped upside down. Like co-star Robert, who plays on-screen boyfriend Edward Cullen, the attention from fans is intense, heightened even more by rumours about the nature of their friendship. Whatever the truth, Kristen's clever enough to handle the pressure - and she's figured out pretty quickly that believing the hype is the most dangerous thing a young starlet could do. "Edward is actually a really good parallel for fame," she says. "As a vampire, he has a sad, desolate life - fame is the same." Talented, grounded, and with a mature outlook on life? In Hollywood Kristen is as rare as a Botox-free forehead. We meet at LA's Four Seasons Hotel where she does an impressive job of being 'normal', arriving with her head down and wearing the teen uniform of skinny jeans and a plain tee. "Fashion is not something I think about," she admits. "I'm not a big shopper. My style is T-shirts. My favourite ones are my brother's old worn-out ones. I get my shoes on eBay."
Born in LA to parents who both work in the film industry, Kristen's career began aged eight when an agent saw her in a Christmas play at her school in California. But it was after Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke spotted her on the set of low-budget comedy Adventureland in 2007, that Kristen was catapulted into the big time, playing awkward outsider Bella to perfection. In real life the co-stars snuggle up on a night out In New Moon, the second in the Twilight saga, Bella spends most of the film heartbroken after Edward decides that dating a vampire is dangerous for her. So convincing is Kristen's performance, you can't help but wonder whether she drew on her own experience of breaking up with her long-term boyfriend, actor Michael Angarano, 21, earlier this year.
"The worst thing about a break-up is not losing someone, but being told you're wrong," she says. "You don't trust yourself any more. "In the first movie Bella unabashedly followed her guy. Then in the second one, she's like: 'I don't know who I am, I don't know why I've done any of this because it's been wrong.' And that I can completely relate to." Being the girl that kisses RPattz, not to mention those rumours, means Kristen doesn't always get a warm reception from fans. "I can't think of any other movie where people really, really invest in the characters and hold them so closely," she says. "I feel bad, but at the same time no one can hate you just because you're kissing the vampire man." It's no wonder fans have become "Robsessed" with Pattinson and super-suave, sensitive Edward. But level-headed Kristen is under no illusions that Edward's model of the perfect man does not exist. "Edward is far from being perfect. He's tortured, brooding, plus he over-thinks and over-analyses. But he's smart."
You and him both, Kristen!
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