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 If you are going to inject a classic fairy tale with contemporary relevance, it helps to have as your leading lady an actress who speaks to her generation.

Director Rupert Sanders admits that he has seen only the first Twilight film - but he knew when it came to finding a girl who embodied all the qualities of the gutsy heroine at the centre of his first feature film, Snow White and the Huntsman, there could be no one better suited to the role than Kristen Stewart.

"She's very contemporary and very spirited," Sanders says of the 22-year-old star who has become a household name playing Bella Swan in the hit vampire film franchise.

"She carries a lot of weight on her shoulders and does it with far more years than she has under her belt. There was just something about that spirit that was undefined and raw that drew us to her. It's very unbridled and kind of un-manicured."

It's the morning after the Australian premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman (or SWATH as the film is known on Twitter), Sanders' ambitious, big-budget adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale, featuring a stellar cast including Australian Chris Hemsworth and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron.

In the plush confines of Sydney's Park Hyatt Hotel, Sanders is sitting alongside his leading lady whose casual leggings, old grey t-shirt and flannel shirt, belie the fact she has, just that morning, been named by Forbes as the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.

"Well, she's worth every penny," he adds, giving the uncomfortable- looking actress a reassuring smile.
Sanders, a respected commercial director whose resume includes advertisements for Sears, Toyota and the video game Halo 3: ODST, had been considered for several prominent films, including The Hunger Games, before he was hired by Universal to direct the $170 million Snow White reboot.

After reading Evan Daugherty's script - which is more along the lines of the original fairytale first published in 1812 than Disney's 1937 animation - the 41-year-old Brit realised that he had an opportunity to "create a world people hadn't seen before".

The "new" Snow White tells the story of the daughter of King Magnus (Noah Huntley). After his wife's death, the king falls in love with the captivating Ravenna (Theron). The two marry but on their wedding night Ravenna murders her new husband, seizes control of the kingdom and locks her stepdaughter, Snow White, in the castle.

Years later the queen learns Snow White holds the key to eternal youth, but before she is able to consume her heart which will make her immortal, Snow White escapes into the dark forest.

Ravenna sends out the Huntsman (Hemsworth) who, on learning he has been tricked by the queen, ends up helping Snow White in her effort to defeat Ravenna and end her reign.

There are elements of the story which older generations will identify with - a mirror, a red apple, an evil queen and, of course, a merry band of dwarves - but thrown into the mix are massive battles, a rebellion, stunning special effects and an underlying message "teaching us to understand mortality and not bury ourselves in jealousy or rage" and it becomes an altogether visually sumptuous and mature affair.

"It's certainly darker than Disney but I don't think it's darker than the Grimms' version," Sanders says. "It's like an original fairytale - they scare you to inform you. And people like to be scared a bit.

"We're not scaring people in a gratuitous way. It's peripheral fear, not horror. It makes you tingle and it makes the ride more intense."

Stewart, whose films outside the Twilight franchise include Into the Wild and The Runaways, admitted at the Australian premiere of SWATH on Tuesday that she never really liked the original fairytale.
 
"It's not that I wasn't a fan," she says. "I just couldn't connect with Snow White growing up. So when I first heard about the project I thought, 'Snow White? Why?'"

Like Sanders, she changed her mind upon reading the script and identifying with a character who was not prepared to be relegated to being saved by someone else. Sanders describes her as a "female Luke Skywalker".

"There has been a void of women being strong in movies and finally it's been done well," Stewart says. "You recognise Snow White but it's like all her perfect qualities have been put at the bottom of a pit of mud to see if she can find them and take them and polish them."

Indeed, Sanders pushed all of his stars to their mental and physical limits during the 80-day shoot in sheeting rain and miserable mud in some of the remotest areas of Britain during winter.

For Stewart, who at one point during filming had to jump into a freezing lake, the most uncomfortable part of her role was having to ride a horse.

"That was by far the highest hurdle for me to get over," she says. "It terrified me. I think that's good though - genuine fear and discomfort is cool on screen."

For Sanders, the discomfort came early on in the piece when he contemplated the enormity of adapting such a beloved fairytale for the big screen.

"You are a bit nervous whenever you do anything in life where you are opening yourself up," he says.

"I don't think my job was any more nerve-racking than Kristen's or Chris' who are the face of it. I could have probably slid away into anonymity and never worked again if it had been a disaster. I guess there's pressure for all of us."

With strong reviews and box office results and talk of a sequel, Sanders doesn't have to worry too much about his future. As for Stewart, she will take a month's break before starting work on her next film - a thriller named Cali by The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes.

"It's hard to talk about because I haven't got into the zone. Literally as soon as I get home, we need to cast it ... sit down with the script," Stewart says.
 "But it's pretty extreme in every way.
 "It reminds me of movies from the 90s - weird cult movies."

She will next appear on the big screen as the uninhibited Marylou in the screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's classic novel, On the Road, which opens in Australia in September.

Then of course there's that little film opening in November - the final instalment in the Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn: Part 2.

While keen to press on with new and challenging roles, Stewart admits it was hard saying goodbye to a character she has lived with for the past four years.

"It's always the same feeling at the end of something you have invested in," she says.
"In this case it was just longer.
"I will probably have to talk about (the role) for the rest of my life but I am lucky because it's a fond memory."

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Rupert Sanders mentions Kristen to Complex "I think she's inspiring"

Obviously we see the uncharacteristic toughness of Snow White in the film, but how different did you want to make Snow White and what do you think Kristen Stewart brought to her?

I think Kristen Stewart brought a lot to it. I think she is very brave and rebellious. She has a weight on her shoulder, she’s really in the spotlight, and she deals with everything on her own. I think she’s inspiring, and all of those qualities made her what I wanted in the role of Snow White.

There’s also this added element of her spiritual predestination. Can you talk a bit about that choice?

I think that she is one of the classic heroes that’s so historically known. I eluded to Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces and I think Snow White definitely symbolizes all of that.

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Rupert mentions Kristen with Teen.com

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SWATH Director Rupert Sanders Mentions Kristen

It's not just a big movie for you, it's a big movie for Kristen Stewart. In a, "I'm not just Bella Swan," kind of way. 

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen. I think Kristen is incredibly brave.

People forget that she was in movies like "Panic Room."

Well, my theory is a simple theory: She played such a good version Bella Swan, people think Kristen Stewart is Bella Swan. She's not, you know? If you meet Kristen, she's wildly kind of giggly and vivacious and rebellious and naughty -- all things that Bella Swan isn't.

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Rupert Sanders talks about SWATH & Kristen with Den of Geek

And you packaged that for what audience?

Anyone who wants to see it really. We didn’t say, right, we’re going to cast Kristen Stewart and only want the Twilight fans, it wasn’t the choice for us. We chose Kristen more for her other body of work than Twilight. To me I think it really is 12 up to whatever. People who are my parents’ age, who came and saw it last night and were really blown away, and then my little nieces and nephews who are 10-14 were bouncing up and down with excitement.

It’s got the big, epic scenes that I love in those kind of films, it’s got the battles and scale of Kingdom of Heaven, or Lawrence of Arabia and then it’s got the small detail of richer dramatic films. To me it felt like an older film, like The Lion in Winter, you know, those Beckett kind of stories?

Give us your take on Kristen’s character. Do you see her as a Christian hero?

There’s definitely a spiritual side, I’d say. It’s the Joseph Campbell The Hero With a Thousand Faces you know, she’s the archetypal mythical hero, so they are always given those characteristics. In hindsight, there’s a few things in there, in that she’s walking on water and these things are quite religious but I think ultimately she is a spiritual being, she is drawn by that and people are drawn to her because of that.

That’s the reason I cast Kristen, she is kind of wild and spirited and rebellious and she’s so young, she’s got so much weight on her, she’s out there on her own and surrounded by all these people guiding her and steering her and she’s a tough little thing and that’s what Snow White needs to be.

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Chris Hemsworth & Kristen Stewart to attend Australian premiere of SWATH - June 19th

The Phillip Island-raised actor, who is currently starring in the world's highest-grossing flick The Avengers, is set to walk the red carpet at Bondi Junction on June 19 for the Aussie premiere of his upcoming blockbuster Snow White And The Huntsman.

No rest for new dad Chris Hemsworth.

The film's director Rupert Sanders and Stewart, who plays Snow White, will also attend, however co-star Charlize Theron will not.

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Videos: SWATH; B-Rolls, Interviews w/Director Rupert Sanders & Cast Members

B-Roll Part I

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Director Rupert Sanders

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Chris Hemsworth

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Charlize Theron

Mentions Kristen around 01:53 mark

Sam Claflin

Mentions Snow White at 01:03 mark

Eddie Marsan

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Johnny Harris

Mentions Kristen at 0:27 mark

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Kristen & Rupert Sanders talk about SWATH (Herald Sun, Australia)

It is Snow White and the Huntsman - a dark, gothic remake of the beloved Grimm Brothers' fairytale. And according to American movie ticketing information site Fandango it's the year's most eagerly anticipated film among women, even beating out the mighty Avengers, which opened to record-breaking numbers in the US last week. But forget everything associated with Disney's sweet, naive Snow White, batting her eyelashes with a bow in her hair.

There is a poisoned apple and some dwarfs, but that is where the comparisons with Disney's saccharine-laced cartoon and this latest version end.

Snow White and the Huntsman director - Rupert Sanders in his first feature film - and the producers from Alice in Wonderland - have created a tortured and terrifying tale filled with monsters, battles and bloodshed.

In the lead role is Twilight superstar Kristen Stewart.

Walking towards me with her hair scraped back and wearing metal armour, the choice to cast the 21-year-old actress as "the fairest of them all" is obvious.

She is luminous in the flesh.

Stewart was initially hesitant to take on the role because she says, "I didn't see myself playing Disney's Snow White".

She admits she never pretended to be a princess as a child - "I was always, honestly, the vampire."

She was finally attracted because it retained the original tale's darkness.

"We have stayed so true to who Snow White is classically," Stewart says.

"We're not taking the story and turning it on its head but we're not shying away from the parts that are gruesome, because it makes the parts that are beautiful that much more beautiful."

As a tomboy famous in Hollywood for eschewing glamour, Stewart is a fitting choice to take on Snow White's themes of vanity and the exploitation of beauty.

"Fair for us, it doesn't mean beautiful, it means what is pumping through your veins, rather than what you look like," she explains.

"To play a character who truly lacks vanity is interesting.

"Not to say everyone is stuck up, but at a certain point you are aware of yourself. But she just simply doesn't have that, which is pretty cool. She is kind of a freak."

Stewart took on horse riding and combat training so she could portray Snow White, who in one scene resembles a Joan of Arc warrior leading 200 horsemen in full gallop down a beach.

"She can seriously take care of business," Stewart says, with a smile. Her biggest battle scenes are with the evil Queen Ravenna, played by a chilling Charlize Theron.

"I've been getting the crap kicked out of me by Charlize," Stewart says.

"She's also not afraid to take it. She keeps telling me to hit her harder. It's been fun."

While she admits it's "frustrating that you can't actually take a hit or actually hit someone", Stewart did give the Huntsman, played by Chris Hemsworth, an accidental black eye with an enthusiastic hook during one scene.

Hemsworth, 28, cut his teeth on Australian soapie Home and Away and found fame with blockbuster Thor.

Stewart, whose mother grew up on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, bonded with Hemsworth over their Aussie connection.

"He is a comforting presence," Stewart says. "I know his type, that sounds weird, but we speak to each other very easily."

The film's director, Rupert Sanders, says he cast Hemsworth because he is "an incredible actor" with "a great screen presence".

Despite her strong tie to the Twilight franchise - made even more awkward by rumours that Snow White and the Huntsman will have a sequel - Stewart was always first choice for the lead, Sanders says.

"Obviously everyone knew about Kristen. She was someone we wanted to meet," Sanders says, standing outside one of his 30 astounding sets.

"We started, as you do in these things, looking around.

"(The film's producer) Joe (Roth) had just made Alice in Wonderland, where he had found a new actress (Mia Wasikowska) and we felt there was something very innocent and pure about finding someone with no other roles that you associate them with.

"But when we went to meet Kristen it was a very simple, done deal. Yes, you are the one."

Coincidentally the unknown actor they turned down for the role, Lily Collins - the raven-haired daughter of Phil Collins - was cast as Snow White in the rival Mirror, Mirror.

It seems a brave move by Universal to hire the untested Sanders to take the helm of the rumoured $100 million Snow White and the Huntsman.

But based on his mesmerising portfolio of commercials for Nike, Call of Duty and Guinness, Sanders has been heralded as Hollywood's next big action director.

Based on the trailer, his version of Snow White is a visual feast.

Sixty per cent was shot in real locations, including a deserted Welsh beach and some woodland in London's Queen's Park.

The sets, including the evil queen's milk bath and a snow-covered woodland, are breathtakingly real.

"There's quite a lot you're nervous about when you start a project of this scale," Sanders admits.

"I wanted to create a world where this all felt tangible and it didn't feel like fantasy but felt real."

He adds that his mantra throughout the project was to make a film "that means something" and is true to the original, seven-page story.

"People think Snow White is Disney," Sanders says.

"Disney really made the Grimm's fairy tale very family orientated.

"But it is a very dark story about so many deeper issues that were never in the Disney version.

"It's like a biblical tale almost, with a lot of messages and hidden meanings.

"It's a story that is as resonant today as it was when it was first recorded."

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Video: Rupert Sanders praises Kristen's performance in SWATH

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“Kristen is a very driven, visceral, intuitive actress. From a director’s point of view, it’s great to get into her headspace,” he explained. “We did a lot of work together on the script and character, and she really helped inform me how that character was feeling, which really helped my process getting the character onscreen. Kristen was doing a lot of her stunt work, she was riding horses, she was jumping from high precipices into freezing cold water, she was fighting dwarves — she’s gung-ho”.

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Rupert Sanders talks about Kristen's Accent in SWATH

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New Interview of Rupert Sanders from WonderCon mentions Kristen

io9: From the look of the trailer, it feels like this movie should be called Evil Queen not Snow White. How much is Kristen Stewart in this film?

RS: She’s in it, ironically, more than the Evil Queen. I think when you market a film you have to kind of create something that people grab on to, a very simple story line. Our film has so many characters we chose one thing that people would understand and that’s the villain. And I think you will see, as the marketing gets closer, you’ll see more of Kristen woven into that.

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Rupert Sanders' Interview with Fairy Tale Site for SWATH mentions Kristen plus some new pics from WonderCon

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