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Kristen Stewart’s damsels in distress

By in December 5, 2011 • Filed in: Articles and Interviews, Snow White and the Huntsman, Twilight

News has been very quiet in the Kristen front as she has returned to filming in England. But I came across an article that I missed that the Vancouver Sun did on Kristen and her two characters Bella Swan & Snow White.

Indeed, the 21-year-old has had a great deal to be enthusiastic about. She’s near the end of her Twilight phase of playing the lost-in-love-with-a-vampire Bella, as Part 1 hits theatres to a great deal of anticipation, followed by the already completed Part 2 set for release in November 2012.

The good news for Stewart is that the Twilight franchise has put her in position to do what she wants. For instance, she’s in the middle of playing another iconic character, Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman, shooting in London.

In the fractured action version of the fairy tale, a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) is commanded to take Stewart’s Snow White into the woods to be eliminated. Soon enough, the huntsman falls for Snow White and sets about, with Snow White, to de-throne the evil Queen (Charlize Theron) who ordered the murder.

Sure, Bella and Snow White might be variations on the theme of a damsel in distress, but they don’t have much else in common. Yet Stewart is persuaded to compare Bella and Snow White, and the actress attempts to, punctuated by the first of many grabs of her hair.

“I guess the only actual comparison that sticks out in my mind is that they really are both, in different ways, matriarchs,” she said on a break from filming the Snow White movie.

But Stewart’s no expert. She said she got to know Bella over time. Snow White is another story, one that’s not that familiar to her.

“I didn’t grow up on fairy tales,” she said. “I know everyone says that the reason this Snow White thing is so cool is that we’ve all grown up with these stories, but I’m like, ‘Nah, I didn’t.’”

She does appreciate how important both Bella and Snow White are to fans of each.

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