Kristen Stewart Plays a Gitmo Guard in Buzzy ‘Camp X-Ray’

The Hollywood Reporter wrote an article about one of the major competition films at Sundance, Camp X-Ray and they mention Kristen several times.

First there are the political provocations: the film follows a young woman recently assigned to prison guard duty at Guantanamo Bay who finds herself befriending an inmate. Then there are both critics and fans of Kristen Stewart, anxious to see how the film subverts the actress’ assumed evolution (and judging from the sold-out screenings, they latter will be coming out in throngs).”

Together they attracted investors, along with a lead actress who gave Sattler’s debut a star-power boost. “It was the script and David’s involvement that got Kristen interested,” he says. “She took a huge risk, jumping on to this movie with a director who hadn’t directed a feature, but I think she responded to the power of the script.”

So it wasn’t until he met with Stewart and talked through the character of Amy that his vision began to coalesce. “The weird thing about Kristen is that there’s Kristen Stewart the star and Kristen Stewart the actor,” he says of his lead. Together, they started asking questions that acted as foundation for the film’s main action. Sattler rattles off examples: “Who is this girl? She didn’t do that, she did this. OK, what did she do in high school? Was she involved in sports? Was she a virgin?” He says Stewart filled in many of the blanks and added dimension to the ideas he had put on the page.

Read the rest of the article on THR’s website.

We can’t wait for Sundance and Camp X-Ray next Friday.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter