Kristen Stewart Says David Slade is a “Technical Director”

by LMCullen on January 25, 2010 · View Comments

HitFix.com has a new interview with Kristen Stewart during the Sundance Film Festival.

In the interview Kristen talks about the differences in playing rocker Joan Jett versus Bella Swan. She also talks about Eclipse director David Slade -

“Bella’s effect on the world wasn’t necessarily as great as Joan’s, obviously, and I never got to meet Bella,” Stewart said. “It’s completely different. All these people who have an investments in these women, that’s awesome…but when it becomes personal and it’s my responsibility to not destroy, like, what people are going to take from the most important part of my friend’s life… Joan has become really, a really big part. She’s awesome and I really love her. If we hadn’t told the story right, people don’t know the Runaways in our generation. Because they’re going to see them through us, it’s a much different experience than making an original fictional story.”
Speaking of Bella, even though she hasn’t seen “Eclipse,” the third installment of “Twilight” yet, Stewart gives high marks to director David Slade’s style on the film, which will come out this summer. “He’s a very technical director. Very. Very. He’s very thoughtful. I think it’s going to be cool for ‘Twilight,’ like, shotwise. He’s very conceptual. He really, really takes a lot of time to…you’re not going to see, like, a bunch of Steadicam. It’s very deliberate, which is very cool. It gives you more time to think about what you’re doing. I don’t know [the tone] because I haven’t seen the movie.”

You can read the rest of the interview here!

[Thanks, McNutters!]

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{ 25 comments… read them below or add one }

1 KStewfan 01.25.10 at 2:36 pm: Yay!! THis is going to be an awesome day with all this KStew news
2 KStewfan 01.25.10 at 2:37 pm: oooh and I got 1st!! Yippee My first first and it was on a KStew post!!
3 Cjean>Leader of Team Leg Hitch 01.25.10 at 2:38 pm: m kl
4 mAriE_ImUrCh-Ch-Ch-CherryBomb! 01.25.10 at 2:55 pm: aaaaaahhhh…. CJ!!! our team leg hitch leader!!!
yes! yes! i cannot live without too! i neeeeed some E/B lovin!!!
*raises Teal Leg Hitch flag*
higher?? *wink* ^_^
5 SnowyHedwig *Team Copward* 01.25.10 at 2:56 pm: toppers?
6 mAriE_ImUrCh-Ch-Ch-CherryBomb! 01.25.10 at 2:59 pm: congrats on 1st!!! ^_^
7 mAriE_ImUrCh-Ch-Ch-CherryBomb! 01.25.10 at 3:00 pm: congrats my step-wifey!!!
*throws robfetti around*
i've missed u!!! *hug and smooch attacks* ^_^
8 SnowyHedwig *Team Copward* 01.25.10 at 3:02 pm: Amen. Bring on leg hitches and losses of control…
9 SnowyHedwig *Team Copward* 01.25.10 at 3:02 pm: Good morning step-wifey, and thanks!
*catches step-wifey in mid-attack* I've missed you, too!
10 Miami Coven Cherry Bomb 01.25.10 at 3:07 pm: Hahha someone should had asked “So Stewy how about that leg hitch?”
11 Wolfi ♥(TEAM LEAH & F U MR)♥ 01.25.10 at 3:10 pm: He’s a very technical director. Very. Very. He’s very thoughtful. I think it’s going to be cool for ‘Twilight
now am more than excited to see EClipse!!..
12 30yearoldtwifan ♥Team Nessie♥ 01.25.10 at 3:13 pm: YUP DS is very detailed. And I agree with Kristen, I also think that will be good for the Saga, not just good, needed. Especially with the script MR wrote up. Lets hope DS and the actors are the saving grace.
13 Cjean>Leader of Team Leg Hitch 01.25.10 at 3:19 pm: Agree 100 percent!
14 Cjean>Leader of Team Leg Hitch 01.25.10 at 3:20 pm: Higher! Higher!!! lol
Marie!!! Good to see you!
15 KStewfan 01.25.10 at 3:21 pm: Thanks
16 CC; Team Rob's S*x Beard 01.25.10 at 3:26 pm: I don't know whether I should be happy about hearing this or not.
All I hear is “action” and “technical”.
*sighs*
I'm trusting you Slade!
17 mAriE_ImUrCh-Ch-Ch-CherryBomb! 01.25.10 at 3:33 pm: teehee. good to see u too CJ!!!
*salutes*
yes ma'am!!!
*raises flag higher*
proud of me? teehee.. ^_^
18 30yearoldtwifan ♥Team Nessie♥ 01.25.10 at 3:36 pm: Blame MR for the lack of Edward once again, she wrote the script. DS and the actors can only do so much. I blame MR for the barely any romance … again!
19 Diana 01.25.10 at 3:37 pm: They always say nice things about the directors
20 CC; Team Rob's S*x Beard 01.25.10 at 3:47 pm: Ugh. Don't get me started on that witch. Why hasn't she been fired!?
21 Miami Coven Cherry Bomb 01.25.10 at 3:48 pm: DS said the romance is front and center so onces again the director is the saving grace, because half of what we saw in NM was not there, like the triple date or the stitches.
22 MythicalMonster 01.25.10 at 4:58 pm: Hm, well I loved all the pics he posted on Twitter in the past months so I'm sure that the movie will look beautiful!
I dying to see the trailer!
23 CF911 Team Beardward 01.25.10 at 5:08 pm: First off, I am so glad that Kristen explained why the role of JJ was so important to her to portray well compared to Bella. Bella is fictional, JJ is a real breathing person. Hence the reason she cut her hair. And I am glad she did.
Secondly, the more I hear about Eclipse, the more concerned I get. That is all Kristen felt the need to comment on was the technical aspect of the direction. Ugh.
Trying to stay positive.
24 sagrario 01.25.10 at 7:46 pm: Technical as in ” I get the best of ALL the scenes”? I mean the romantic tones and expressions and letting Edward getting into the picture finally? I mean that we don´t have to say ” Oh well Bella the poor girl had to choose Edward after all, she wasnt´going to leave him behind, after all what happened”
Helloooooo!!!!!!
I´m really hoping to be definitely wrong about it, but as I have commented for the hundred time, this time I´m not going to forgive that once and for all we UNDERSTAND clearly what Edward is all about…as a vampire and as a lover…so that finally we can pass the torch to BD not feeling like if Bella was doing a favour to Edward because she chose him….no. way.
25 TeamSuckItInAndTellTheTruth 01.26.10 at 6:08 pm: As long as the tent scene ROCKS!!!! I think I'll be ok