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Woody Allen mentions Kristen w/ Chicago Sun Times

When the name Jesse Eisenberg was mentioned to Allen, his eyes lit up, recalling how the “Cafe Society” star skillfully evolved his character from the naive kid we see in the beginning — to a very sophisticated nightclub operator and guy-in-the-know, by the end of the movie.

“He’s a wonderful actor,” said Allen. “It’s not easy to do that, and Kristen Stewart had to do the same thing. They are two young kids in real life, and they did it for me beautifully in this picture.”

Allen is clearly extremely impressed with Stewart’s range as an actress. “In the [‘Twilight’] vampire movies she had to do one thing, and deliver one kind of performance for her director and her audience. In this film she had to something very different — and she totally delivered it for me.”

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Quotes from Kristen and Woody Allen at the 'Cafe Society' NYC premiere red carpet

Kristen Stewart refuses to fit the red-carpet-look mold. The reluctant fashion icon has been taking big risks by combining her offbeat style with elegant Chanel looks, and it’s landed her on many best-dressed lists. For the New York premiere of her latest movie, Café Society, on Wednesday night at the Paris Theatre, Stewart stepped out wearing a ruffled, sheer, long-sleeved ivory Chanel gown that featured leather cuffs and criss-cross ribbing at the waist. With her platinum-blonde undercut hairstyle, how does Stewart describe her fashion-forward look these days?

“It’s fucking dope!” Stewart proudly told Vanity Fair at the screening presented by the Cinema Society. “My style is a little edgy and different. It’s fun to wear clothes that show off my personality, and I feel way more comfortable and confident when I do. It’s boring if I look like everyone else. I like to be different, even if other people don’t like what I’m wearing.”

After the screening, the 26-year-old ditched her Chanel frock and changed into a casual ensemble for the after party, which was at the Carlyle hotel. She wore a black leather jacket, a sheer gray T-shirt, distressed skinny jeans, a bright-orange beanie (despite the 80-plus-degree weather), and a pair of Vans sneakers with white stripes on the side.

Director Woody Allen is a big fan of Stewart’s fashion and aesthetic. When he first saw her in the 2014 drama Clouds of Sils Maria, he knew she would be perfect to play a 1930s secretary torn between two men in Café Society.

“Kristen had the right qualities for this story, and there were very few people who did,” said Allen. “She has a very beautiful look that could be a girl from Nebraska—simple, corn-fed, and naïve—and could transform easily into a very sophisticated and elegant woman. Not every woman can do that. And there are some that could play one and not the other. I needed someone like Kristen to play this kind of character, and she was ready to do it. She’s really great.”

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“I never saw Twilight. I saw [Kristen] in the movie [Clouds of Sils Maria] that she won the French Oscar for. She was great in it,” said Allen on selecting Stewart for the lead role. “She had the right quality for this part and there were very few people who did. She had this very beautiful look that could be a girl from Nebraska—simple and naive—and could be transformed easily into a very sophisticated, elegant woman. Not every woman can do that. Some women can play one and not the other, and I needed two actors. I needed Jesse and Kristen to play those kinds of characters, and they were both able to do it.” 

A little intel on the film: The 1930s romance flick follows Bronx-born Bobby Dorfman (Eisenberg) to Hollywood, where he falls in love, and back to New York, where he becomes obsessed with the high society nightclub life. The film shows the 1930s in full-force, showing what movie stars, socialites, politicians, and even playboys were like—and of course the glamour, too. Stewart, who confessed that Vicky Cristina Barcelona is her favorite Woody Allen movie, broke down what it was like to work with the writer/director. “He directs so little considering how particular his films are! Not to diminish his process—I just think there’s this intrinsic natural thing that happens.” The actress wore Chanel and shared what she thinks of her personal style these days: “It’s f*cking dope.”

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“That was the era where you’d go out at night and pop Champagne corks,” Woody Allen began to explain. “And go to nightclubs, and socialites and actresses and producers and politicians would all be at these supper clubs and nightclubs.”

The director was reminiscing on the Café Society culture of the Thirties, the milieu for his latest film of the same name. He’d stepped out for the movie’s New York City premiere on Wednesday night at the Paris Theater, hosted by Amazon Studios, Lionsgate and Cinema Society, which was beginning to resemble his description.

His leading ladies were all in tow: Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively and Parker Posey, as well as Heidi Klum, Dakota Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Patti Smith and Barbara Walters.

“I’ve always felt period,” Posey declared on her affinity for her role in the film, before waving to a few women entering the theater. “See you at the Carlyle later,” she called out in a sultry voice. 

Stewart walked by donning her typical edgy-romantic carpet look, this time a flowy white Chanel gown with leather accents, and briefly stopped to discuss Allen’s directorial style with reporters. “How little he directs considering how particular his films are. It really all goes into the writing — not to diminish his process, because I think there’s this intrinsic natural thing that just happens, and his faith in that process and how casual it is actually is what makes his movies so poignant.”

 After the screening, the crowd leaked out of the theater to head uptown to the after party at the Carlyle Hotel, a difficult trek for Fanning as she was repeatedly mobbed by fans asking for selfies — requests she reluctantly agreed to despite her visible grimace. A short while later, Fanning finally made her way into a corner booth at the party, where she hung out with Stewart. The leading lady had ditched her Chanel for a more casual (and very her) ensemble of ripped black jeans, leather jacket, sneakers and an orange beanie — a reminder that yes, the Café Society era is officially a thing of the past.

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A star-studded crowd gathered at The Paris Theatre in New York City Wednesday night as Amazon and Lionsgate collaborated with The Cinema Society for the U.S. premiere of Woody Allen‘s “Café Society.”

The film, which has an ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, and Corey Stoll, originally bowed at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in May. The 1930s-based romance follows New York native Bobby Dorfman (Eisenberg) as he travels to Hollywood and back only to find himself in a love triangle with his uncle, played by Carell, and his uncle’s secretary, portrayed by Stewart.

According to Allen, the film was marked by the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood and was intentionally scripted to feel like a book. “I wanted to write a novel on film and I wanted it to have a novel structure,” he said.

Stewart, who had to audition for the part of bright-eyed Vonnie, a departure from her more dramatic romantic roles, said that she was surprised by Allen’s laissez-faire directing style “considering how particular his films are.” “It really all goes into the writing,” Stewart told reporters. “Not to diminish his process because I think there’s this intrinsic natural thing that just happens, [but] his faith in that process and how casual it is, actually is what makes his movies so poignant and rhythmic.” 

Stewart was not the only actress in the film who was drawn to Allen’s relaxed direction. Parker Posey, who plays the owner of a modeling agency, said she jumped at the chance to take the part. “It’s a Woody Allen film! He’s a great writer,” she said before adding, “and I love the 1930s and 20s.” 

Post screening, Posey and Stewart snapped photos at The Carlyle Hotel while enjoying shrimp tempura, sparkling white wine, and jazz music. Other celebrity attendees included Heidi Klum, Anna Wintour, Dakota Fanning, and Stewart’s “Equals” co-star Nicholas Hoult.

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Woody Allen talks about 'Cafe Society' and Kristen with Variety

“Café Society” stars Kristen Stewart as an Audrey Hepburn-like secretary. Did you know she had a lighter side?
I didn’t know. I took a chance. I had her read a paragraph and she read it so well, that all our apprehensions — which are not huge to begin with — vanished instantly. None of us knew her except in the heaviest of things. We did want to see if she had a lighter side. We assumed she did. She’s a young girl, and she’s certainly not going to be a grim.

She said you made fun of the way she walked.
I told her she walked like a relief pitcher coming in from the bullpen. I was expecting this beautiful creature to emerge and walk on. She suddenly looks like a guy coming out of a bullpen to walk out to the mound.

After “Twilight,” she became the first young female movie star to headline a franchise in the Internet age. Do you have a sense of how she’s dealt with that?
No, that’s something I have no idea of. I don’t have a computer. I’m not on the Internet. I don’t know anything about any of that. I’ve never seen her, except as in this Greg Mottola movie [“Adventureland”]. And in passing. I might be on the treadmill and surf through 60 seconds of the vampire movie, where she’d look so beautiful. Those kinds of movies were never of interest to me particularly. I don’t really know of her Internet life. If you told me she had 100 million followers or 2 million followers, it wouldn’t mean too much to me.

So you haven’t seen “Twilight?”
I didn’t see her in the vampire movie.

You’re missing out.
Oh, I’m sure. I get to see a limited amount of movies. There’s so many terrific movies I’ve missed out on in the last 15 or 20 years. I can’t believe how movie illiterate I am.

Do you have the actors in mind when you’re writing a role?
In this case, the story was prevailing, and I knew there were a number of terrific young actresses around. I knew I would have no problem getting them. When the time came, we felt that the two best ones for the picture were Kristen and Blake [Lively]. Kristen was perfect for that little Midwestern Nebraska secretary and we wanted someone that is completely the opposite of Kirsten, that is tall and blonde and had a different quality completely.

What about Kristen that made her right for the role?
She just has a simple beauty. She looks fresh off the farm — like she’s from Nebraska and so naturally pretty. And when you doll her up later, she can carry that because she has enough looks to be able to wear long earrings and furs and look tremendous. But I’m very Spartan with all my actresses with makeup. I try to keep that to the most minimum or nothing if I can get away with it.

Would you consider Kristen Stewart a movie star?
Yes, I think she has the look. She’s very young, very beautiful and talented. And if she just keeps her hand on the wheel and makes good decisions, she’s home free. She should have an incredible career. She’s not someone you cast just because she’s beautiful. She can deliver. She’s got a sense of humor. She can give you the heavy stuff. She’s one of the crop of young actresses around now — like Blake or Emma Stone, they are tremendous performers.

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Screencap (above) from the interview of a new image of Kristen as Vonnie from 'Cafe Society'.

The interview was done on live TV, France 2 - watch the interview with Woody Allen here.

Translation - One sentence to define 'Café Society':

"In a sense it's my usual, romanticize view of New York and its life in late 30s - and how difficult life and love are or were even then, and haven't changed much now. It was a difficult sentence to say."

"I spent a whole year with people like Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively.. beautiful women.. talented men like Jesse Eisenberg for example.. And I worked with costumers and I worked with cinematographers and I escaped into the movies, I don't think about life, my whole life is all fantasy. From when I was a little boy going to the movies to a grown up making movies."

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*Spoilers* 'Cafe Society' Press Kit - includes production details, cast interviews, cast bios and new stills

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Woody Allen's 'Cafe Society' to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival

Also set to bow in Cannes is Woody Allen’s until-recently-untitled 1930s romance “Cafe Society,” starring Kristen Stewart, Bruce Willis and Jesse Eisenberg. Set to be released by Amazon Studios (rather than the director’s usual distributor, Sony Pictures Classics), Allen’s film will screen, per his usual preference, in an out-of-competition slot. The director was at Cannes just last year with “Irrational Man.”

While an opening-night film has yet to be decided, “Cafe Society” is said to be one of a few films in the running. Allen previously opened the festival in 2011 with “Midnight in Paris.”

The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11 until May 22.

Note: The official announcement for the full program will be made mid-April - possibly April 14. Opening films for the festival are announced before the full program announcement normally late March.

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Amazon acquires the untitled Woody Allen project for North America

Continuing its relationship with Woody Allen, Amazon Studios has acquired all North American rights to the director’s new movie, which stars Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll and Ken Stott.

A romantic comedy set in the 1930s that was shot last summer in New York and Los Angeles, the untitled film will receive a traditional theatrical release nationwide, after which it will become available exclusively to Prime members through Prime Video.

Producers of the new film include Allen’s longtime collaborator Letty Aronson, as well as Steve Tenenbaum and Edward Walson. Executive producers are Ronald L. Chez, Adam B. Stern and Marc I. Stern.

“Like all beginning relationships, there is much hope, mutual affection and genuine goodwill — the lawsuits come later,” joked Allen.

“Woody Allen is a brilliant filmmaker. We’re so proud to be in business with him for both his next film and his first ever TV series,” said Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios.

Allen is also writing and directing an untitled six-episode TV series for Amazon starring himself, Elaine May and Miley Cyrus. It’s executive produced by Erika Aronson, produced by Helen Robin, and begins shooting next month.

The movie deal was negotiated by John Burnham and Jessica Lacy of ICM Partners, Erika Aronson of Taborlake and Loeb & Loeb on behalf of the filmmakers.

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Audio: Kristen's interview with THR's Scott Feinberg on his 'Awards Chatter' podcast

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This photo of Kristen with Scott was taken on 23 December when the podcast was recorded.

'Awards Chatter' is a weekly podcast, moderated by THR awards analyst Scott Feinberg, featuring musings about the Oscar, Emmy and Tony races, as well as in-depth interviews with top contenders for those prizes. 

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The 25-year-old, who became the first American actress ever to win a Cesar Award and won several critics groups' awards for her portrayal of a movie star's assistant, reflects on celeb obsession—on screen and off—and offers advice to Daisy Ridley.

"As somebody who's dealt with the more absurd, really surreal, oftentimes insanely superficial, empty circus of what the media can be — and perception versus reality — I thought it was really funny and appropriate for me to play that part," says the actress Kristen Stewart of the one for which she currently is receiving accolades left and right — Val, an assistant to a movie star in the celeb-obsessed world of Olivier Assayas' dark comedy Clouds of Sils Maria — as we sit down to record an episode of the 'Awards Chatter' podcast. "There was just nobody who could say those things with more knowing, and people know that," she continues with a laugh. "I wanted those words in my mouth."

For her performance in the French indie, Stewart became the first American actress ever to win a Cesar Award (France's equivalent of the Oscar) and was subsequently chosen as the year's best supporting actress by the New York Film Critics Circle and Boston Society of Film Critics (she finished second with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association) — acknowledgement she calls "so cool and unexpected," particularly for a movie that came out way back in April. But it's little wonder that the 25-year-old knocked the role out of the park — per her comments above, she's spent years "preparing" for it.

Stewart began acting as a child and became the face of one of the biggest film franchises of all time at a time when her contemporaries were heading off to college, thrusting her into the center of a world not unlike the one sent up in Clouds. "I did Twilight when I was 17, it came out when I was 18 and my life was never even remotely the same," she says. Her work was no longer the focus of most of the attention she received; instead, people — fans and haters alike — obsessed about her appearance, her relationships and her every move, "a huge lifestyle shift" which wasn't easy to deal with. Even so, she says she doesn't regret her decision to sign up for the series: "A whole lot of other baggage — really heavy and really cool baggage — came along with it."

It's fortunate that the madness around Stewart didn't turn her away from her profession, because she eventually realized that it offered her an "epic opportunity to share things" of importance to her "with an epic amount of people" — particularly indie films of the sort she specialized in before Twilight, which she continued to make between its installments and has made almost exclusively since she wrapped work on the series. Clouds, a $6 million French project, was one such film. (It never found much of an audience amongst the general public, but was very warmly received by critics, landing an 89% favorable rating on RottenTomatoes.com.)

Stewart, who became intrigued with filmmaking as a kid (her mother was a script supervisor) and asked to audition for kids roles (her parents initially resisted the idea), says she came — and comes — out of her shell of shyness when inhabiting the lives of others. Initially, the appeal of filmmaking was the exciting environment, but she says she realized that acting itself was her calling while making the indie Speak when she was just 13. "It moved me in a way that felt really beyond anything I knew it could be," she says. That film premiered at Sundance, as did a host of others low-budget passion projects in which she later starred, including Adventureland, The Yellow Handkerchief, Welcome to the Rileys, The Runaways and Camp X-Ray.

But Stewart is quick to emphasize that she doesn't judge a film by its size and that she loved the Twilight films and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), her other big-studio undertaking. "It was rare to see movies that I cared about at that scale," she says, "and I really haven't since, or else I would probably try and get that job." She continues, "I'm genuinely just drawn to material that's moving," noting, "Recently I've been into slightly more diagonal sort of, a little less straight down the line, in terms of story, and those are always a little bit less commercial."

Stewart, who describes her acting technique as impulse-driven, totally commits herself to all of her projects, body and soul. "When you feel like you're gonna die is when you feel the most alive," she asserts. "I feel as though I might actually spontaneously combust sometimes and just not be able to go on." While that may sound unhealthy, she insists it's exactly what she's aiming for — and finding more often as she gets older. "I trust myself a little bit more. When I was a little bit younger, I used anxiety and nerves, which I still have a lot of. It's just that I'm better at channeling them. I get better every time I do a job." She adds, "It's getting more fun."

Stewart's approach to work and life has impressed many of her more experienced costars — Panic Room's Jodie Foster, Welcome to the Rileys' Melissa Leo, Still Alice's Julianne Moore and Clouds of Sils Maria's Juliette Binoche all have become vocal champions. ("They're all women that anyone, really, would be lucky to spend time around," says Stewart.) Some of those women seem to want to protect her from the nonsense she has to face when she's not at work, which has, at times, understandably, left her fragile. But, when Clouds was offered to her, Stewart — who was on an extended hiatus from acting at the time — embraced it as an opportunity to stand up for herself. "I've played a lot of characters that don't speak a lot," she says. "At that point I think I was ready to start talking."

Stewart feels Clouds offers a "slow — I mean that with a good connotation — thoughtful, really beautiful meditation" on celebrity obsession, which is something she clearly feels merits greater thought. "It's weird because it does shape the way I have to approach my everyday life," she says. "I've never fed into it. I've never had a public Twitter, I've never had a public Facebook or things where people go on and look at your every move, like Instagram and stuff like that, because it's just so empty and distracting." She pauses and animatedly exclaims, "I don't understand how so many people don't view it as what it is, which is nothing at all. It's just nothing, all of it — it doesn't exist. And so yeah, it's weird — but it makes sense." Meaning? It supports a demand from a lot of bored people, she explains, and also produces "a lot of money, a lot of hits on websites."

The film also explores a host of other interesting topics, such as growing older in show business, and it feels very European, in the best sense — it's dialogue-driven, it revolves around female characters and it doesn't pretend to have answers to all of the questions that it raises. "I like the unanswered questions at the end of it," she says.

Stewart says she has no plans to stop acting anytime soon, despite the price that she has to pay to do it. (She just wrapped production on Woody Allen's next movie, which pairs her for the third time with actor Jesse Eisenberg, and which she describes as "a trip," suggesting that Allen, who she likens to a funny grandpa and called "Dude" on the set, is a great actor's director because of the way he writes his characters.) "I feel really stimulated and challenged and not bored," she says. "If that ran out, then I would stop acting." She's also interested in writing a screenplay, and has a "really, really, really strong desire to direct," probably something "really free-form." But, for now, she insists, "I'm madly in love with what I do."

What advice does she have for the latest person thrown into the celebrity meat-grinder, Star Wars: The Force Awakens' 23-year-old leading lady Daisy Ridley? "Focus on the fact that you're stoked 'cause you're doing the work that you want to do," she offers. "It's literally mainly just about focusing on what makes you happy. And if losing your anonymity or whatever doesn't make you happy, then focus on something else."

Clouds of Sils Maria was released by Sundance Selects on April 10. Awards voters are being asked to consider Stewart for best supporting actress.

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Kristen in Les Inrockuptibles - New Interview + Portrait

 

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Filming for the second time with Olivier Assayas, Kristen Stewart talks about her taste for indie, her meeting with Karl Lagerfeld, Woody Allen, The Specials and her right to be ambiguous.

After 'Sils Maria', you're currently filming 'Personal Shopper', Olivier Assayas's new movie. What can you tell us about your character?

Kristen: I'm literally killing myself for this film, my back is broken. I'm 100% involved. I did not realize how deep and existential it was, and how much it moves me. I play a very very very lonely girl, who isn't sure of who she is. Her twin brother died. And she has an obsession: get in contact with him. At the same time, she's a shopper for this woman who is a public figure and embodies a very superficial way of life. This is a film about reality, about what is real. Does all we feel is real? What we rely on?

You works in Paris for this movie. Were you there the night of the attacks?

Kristen: No, in Prague, we left Paris forty-eight hours before. We were all together, we were having a good night and very quickly news were coming on phones. We had to shoot the next day, it seemed completely absurd. To play, to tell a story, you have to fully be in what you do. In a situation like this, it's complicated. All the crew was French, chocked, and constantly on the phone. I find it very difficult to talk about this kind of event. We touch the inconceivable, the unthinkable. We are a generation who never knew the war, it is not part of our daily lives, and neither is this kind of violence. It's stuff we usually read in newspapers. The intensity of the shock we feel proves that we have no idea what this is. For a large part of humanity that lives in a country being in war, it's not a shock, it's just everyday reality.

Would you say that Sils Maria was a turning point in your career, in your way to position you as an actress?

Kristen: I have the feeling that Olivier has really chosen me - well chosen - for these two movies. The cast really makes sense, he didn't called me because he thinks I'm nice and cool. He took me with everything I am and what I represent in the cinema world. 'Sils Maria' was very meta, he plays with that. People have any desire at all to know how it's sometimes difficult to be an actress, to deal with superficiality, business, celebrity.

'Sils Maria' was like a shelter, a safe place where I can say things I don't have the right to tell without looking like a thankless. I've also discovered with him the possible difference between majority of American directors and a French director like him. In France, you know that without risk, without endangering, there is no real artistic work. The cinephilia we don't have in the US also makes all the difference. Money, recognition from critics are important but secondary. And all this conforted me in what I was looking for and gave me confidence.

You're one of Chanel's muses. You've just presented 'Once and Forever' in Rome, Karl Lagerfeld's latest short film in which you play a young Coco alongside Jérémie Elkaïm and Geraldine Chaplin. Do you feel comfortable in the fashion world?

Kristen: Depends on people I meet. I believe in its creative part, I like it. The way people can be attracted to this world, this, can be disgusting. I enjoy the company of Karl. He's a living encyclopedia. He wants to pass on to younger generations around him. He could have a huge ego - and he may have one - but I find it great that he's in this position. Inspiration is really what he's obsessed about, leading him to create what he creates. He loves movies, I think he could have been director in another life. I love learning from directors I work with.

What did learnt from Woody Allen with who you just shot?

[She thought for a long time]

Kristen: His writing. It's precise, virtuoso. He has his own language. When he speaks, it's a mix of humor and assumed arrogance. Annie Hall remains my favorite Woody.

Which directors that matter to you?

Kristen: Martin Scorsese. He is capable of making big movies killing it. In France, I love Jacques Audiard. A Prophet transported me.. I would kill to work with him. I also really like Andrea Arnold. I love Fish Tank. This year, I loved Mustang, Deniz Gamze Erguven's movie.

Could you play a James Bond girl?

Kristen: No. I have no problem being a part of entertainment culture - and James Bond is a very good illustration of it. But becoming the definition of a sex symbol and just that, no. I have no problem with being sexy, I need a story.

You said that you didn't want to define yourself, that you are an ambiguity. Do you believe in gender fluidity?

Kristen: Totally! The insane and absurd pressure put on people who don't fit the dominant model disgusts me. I find this desire for control, archaic and creepy. I'm lucky, I live in Los Angeles, I grew up in West Hollywood, my parents are open-minded people who always encouraged me to be free, I work in movies. I know it's not as easy for everyone.

You're under a constant attention. You're scrutinized, we can see you with your boys and girls on Instagram..

Kristen: Yes, but I don't care. That said, I think things are changing among the younger generations. I'm sure if I have kids they won't understand why there could a problem. When I was a kid, difference was problematic. It was common to hear, "Oh, you're gay, you're weird, oh you look like a guy." And maybe yes, maybe no, it depends on who I'm going out with right now.

What are you listening at the moment?

Kristen: I don't know what happens to me, I fell back in Oasis. I'm crazy about Bon Iver, and his new group, Volcano Choir. It's faster and less folk than what he was doing when he was solo. And otherwise, The Specials. I'd love to love electronic music. But I can't. The thing that drives me crazy, when I want to dance, it's ska.

Kristen is in the Les Inrockuptibles' December 9 issue. You can download or read it here.

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Woody Allen talks about the new untitled project & Kristen with Page Six

Page Six columnist Cindy Adams visits the set of the Woody Allen untitled project on October 21.

Woody Allen’s filming a newie. Surprise! About young love. More surprise.

Woody: “No title yet. If it comes out good, it’s an aggressive title, maybe ‘Poets of New York.’ If it’s not good, it gets a quiet nothing title like ‘Rain in the City.’ “While you’re shooting you can’t tell if it’s a winner. Every day you see dailies. Looks good. But strung all together, after sitting through 20 scenes, it’s sometimes not so charming. That’s why trailers always look perfect.”

Location, Central Park. They told me “Beau Bridges” — like Lloyd Bridges’ son. Enter 72nd and Fifth, up the road, go left, down stone stairs, past the lake, another left, — me on heels — three more thickets and brambles and I could’ve reached Wyoming. The location was “Bow Bridge.”

The action? Jesse Eisenberg kissing Kristen Stewart. Then, cut. More kissing. Another take. Again, kissing. Some dog two trees away barked. A baby cried. Kiss No. 46. Cut. Then: He kissed her, she kissed him. Each kissed. Afternoon light, fading. A plane overhead. And being right in the path of three terminals, plus a helipad, it was aircraft-after-aircraft sounds.

Woody: “I hate this steady noise interruption. And people think doing this is easy. Central Park has maddening problems. You really need police protection. We have a park permit and we give the park a donation, but you can’t shut it down nor ban walking pedestrians. Our crew keeps them away, but bystanders sometimes get into the shot.”

Family Affair

Letty Aronson, Woody’s sister: “It needs patience. Not how Woody likes to work.” Woody: “We’re lucky. It only rained twice. The meter’s going, costs rise, you spend vast amounts of money for hours and hours to get 45-second increments. If I rage impotently, it wouldn’t help. This is a New York love story in the ’30s. You can’t set a romantic scene at Grant’s Tomb. I originally picked a boat in the East River, but skyscrapers clashed with the ’30s. So, it’s the park.

He likes to be comfortable:

Woody’s outfit? The omnipresent wardrobe he wears even at black-tie events: rumpled chinos, cotton shirt, same battered hat you can buy off a pushcart on Canal Street. Another jet overhead bound for someplace like maybe Poland, and Jesse and Kristen asked about that night’s wrap party.

“I’m not going,” said Woody. “I’m going home. To bed. To watch the Cubs and the Mets.”

Jesse, who told us, “My father once was a waiter at Kutsher’s Hotel in the Borscht Belt,” asked: “If tomorrow night at your house is still on, can I bring my mother, who wants to talk to you about your old movies?” Answer, yes. The movie’s about reliving an old romance. She eventually married his boss. But as passion’s rekindled they schlep about in a horse carriage and sip wine. (“Ginger ale. On this budget we can’t afford wine.”)

And it’s a wrap!

A stand-in walked over while elves made up Kristen in a chair off in some cluster of mulch and bent twigs.

Woody called: “Cover the tattoos. All these beautiful young actresses have tattoos.”

Asked where’s the porta-potties, he said: “How do I know? I’m not in charge of trivia. No idea where everyone pees.”

He and Letty stood with earphones. He gave me his director’s chair. “If I sit, I’ll fall asleep. Also, if you stand you live longer.”

“Our schedule’s 41 days. Today’s the final day, says Woody.

“The crew has other jobs. If we don’t finish, we may have to change the scene, reassemble tomorrow or return in future for a pickup shot. Some actors are fresher at the beginning and not as sharp after many takes. Old-timers might complain, ‘Why can’t you pick a goddamn location where we can work?’

But Jesse and Kristen are really good-natured. “We started 6 a.m. Because light’s fading we’re actually shooting backwards. We did the ending early. The master shot. Now close-ups. You can do seamless color correction later. Piece together a minute of one take with a minute of another.“Editing doesn’t take long. It’s music and sound effects that take months.”

Woody, appreciating his lady star: “No junk makeup on her eyes and lips. The light’s soft on her. She’s good-looking, and we’re better getting shots early so makeup people don’t rush out, fix this, add that and put too much junk on her.” I finally went home. I think they’re still there.


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