Kristen Talks “Still Alice” & Working With Julianne More With The Vancouver Sun
Kristen Stewart didn’t need to stretch herself into actorly knots to feel a familial bond with Julianne Moore in “Still Alice.” She had known Moore, who became a five-time Oscar nominee with her recent nod for “Alice,” since her first starring role in 2004′s “Catch That Kid,” which was directed by Moore’s husband Bart Freundlich. That shoot was “very much a family affair,” Stewart says, and she grew close enough to Moore that acting as her daughter in “Still Alice” felt almost too easy. “It’s hard to take credit for anything … because I like her, and because we get along and we understand each other — and that was captured,” Stewart “As an actor … you can’t work with everyone, to be honest with you. The reason things affect an audience … is because an emotion and energy like that is contagious, so if you’re faking it, people know it. “For a project that’s so ambitious and so intimidating,” she added, “I needed to know I would help and support her rather than take away from what she’s d...