After knocking boots (and shattering an entire set of bedroom furniture) with her undead husband in the “Twilight” films, Kristen Stewart should be basically unfazeable when it comes to making amore on-screen. And yet, her latest interview shows the actress having a heart attack over her next romantic role:
“I’m terrified of it,” Stewart said yesterday
of “Equals,” a recently announced sci-fi drama directed by Drake
Doremus. “Though it’s a movie with a really basic concept, it’s overtly
ambitious.”
Doremus, in turn, described the film thusly: “It’s about love in a world where love really doesn’t exist anymore.”
The
love story that’s got Stewart so nervous has a classic premise, one
that invites comparisons to the definitive dystopian romance “1984.” The
film takes place in a futuristic society where hope and happiness are
in short supply, a bleak setting which the actress described as an
up-to-date version of the one portrayed in the 1956 adaptation of George
Orwell’s novel. “In ‘Equals,’ things go wrong because you can’t deny
the humanity in everyone,” Stewart explained. “It’s the most devastating
story.”
Appearing opposite her in the film is Nicholas Hoult,
known for his roles in “Warm Bodies” and the “X-Men” franchise;
although lately, he may be more famous for his role as the boyfriend of
America’s super-sweetheart Jennifer Lawrence. In fact, Lawrence read for the role first but couldn’t see herself in the part, leaving it open for Stewart to snag the lead opposite her man.
“Equals”
is set to begin filming soon, by which time K-Stew will have hopefully
conquered her insecurities about the role. In the meantime, though, she
admitted that her trepidation caused her to issue Doremus the biggest
disclaimer of her career.
“I told Drake, ‘Don’t expect that I am
going to be able to do this. It’s too hard,” Stewart said, adding that
until the cameras are rolling the emotional depth of the task ahead has
her quivering in her Balenciaga booties.
“It’s a love story of epic, epic, epic proportion,” Stewart confessed. “I’m scared.”
