Kristen Stewart Talks Male Gaze, Rolling Stone Cover & Queer Cinema At Berlin Presser For ‘Love Lies Bleeding’: “The Era Of Queer Films Being So Pointedly Only That Is Done”
Kristen Stewart is in Berlin this weekend for the international premiere of her lesbian crime-thriller Love Lies Bleeding. Stewart plays a down-on-her luck gym manager, Lou, who falls for the muscular girl and competitive amateur bodybuilder, Jackie (Katy O’Brian) in the gym.
However, Jackie works for Lou’s gun-smuggling and rifle range owner dad (Harris). When Lou’s sister (Jena Malone) gets beaten by her husband (Dave Franco), Jackie takes affairs into her own hands.
The actress, who presided over the Berlinale jury last year, told journalists at the press conference this morning that the opportunity to work with filmmaker Rose Glass was one of the main draws to the “ballistic” project for her. “I definitely did this movie for Rose,” Stewart said. “Saint Maud is one of my favourite movies.
We were friends immediately. She pitched it, and said A24 was willing to provide a lot of money for her second film, which is so fucking cool.
