{"id":433445,"date":"2026-01-26T02:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/433445\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T02:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:31:08","slug":"kristen-stewart-says-reality-is-breaking-under-trump-her-directorial-debut-would-have-been-impossible-to-make-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/433445\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart Says \u201cReality Is Breaking\u201d Under Trump & Her Directorial Debut Would Have Been \u201cImpossible\u201d To Make In The U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristen Stewart\u2019s directorial debut The Chronology of Water has been lauded as a feat of filmmaking since its release on the festival circuit, and the actress-turned-filmmaker has been vocal about the struggles of making an indie project<\/a> centering the female gaze.<\/p>\n

The Twilight alumna, who has long been vocal about politics and President Donald Trump, said in a new profile with The Times U.K.<\/a> that she isn\u2019t sure whether she can continue her ambitions as a director in the United States.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt would have been impossible [to make The Chronology of Water] in the States,\u201d she says of the Imogen Poots-starring drama, which was shot in Latvia. While Trump\u2019s proposed 100% tariff on foreign films has been somewhat forgotten by the administration, Stewart said such threats are \u201cterrifying\u201d for the film industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cReality is breaking completely under Trump,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cBut we should take a page out of his book and create the reality we want to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n

About her future residing in the U.S., Stewart posited she might move abroad, similar to other outspoken filmmakers like James Cameron, who recently relocated to New Zealand. \u201cI can\u2019t work freely [in the U.S.], but I don\u2019t want to give up completely. I\u2019d like to make movies in Europe and then shove them down the throat of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of showcasing a woman\u2019s perspective in her adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch\u2019s memoir, she said, \u201cHistory really matters. It tells you you are either allowed to be here or not. The rewriting of history is happening because equality is becoming closer to a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview, Stewart noted the difference in treatment she received as an actress versus helmer: \u201cActresses get treated like shit, I\u2019ve got to tell you. People think anyone could be an actress, but the first time I sat down to talk about my movie as a director, I thought, \u2018Wow, this is a different experience, they are talking to me like I\u2019m somebody with a brain.’\u201d<\/p>\n

She concluded, \u201cThere\u2019s this idea that directors have otherworldly abilities, which is not true. It\u2019s an idea perpetuated by men. Not to sound like I\u2019m complaining all the time, but it\u2019s worse for female actors than male ones \u2014 they get treated like puppets, but they are not. Imogen put her whole body and soul into this movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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