LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actor Kristen Stewart went all out to call how actresses are treated like “puppets” in the film industry. In a recent interview, the ‘Twilight’ star shared her thoughts on the industry culture.
“Actresses get treated like shit. I’ve 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, wow, this is a different experience. They are talking to me like I’m somebody with a brain,” the actor said, as quoted by Variety.
Stewart also opened up about her own experience, having made her recent debut as director, adding, “There’s this idea that directors have otherworldly abilities, which is not true. It’s an idea perpetuated by men. Not to sound like I’m complaining all the time, but it’s worse for female actors than male ones — they get treated like puppets, but they are not. Imogen Poots put her whole body and soul into this movie.”
Notably, this is not the first time that Kristen Stewart has voiced her opinion on the conditions that women face in Hollywood. “There’s a common act that happens before the acting happens on set: If male actors can protrude out of the vulnerability and feel like a gorilla pounding their chest before they cry on camera, it’s a little less embarrassing. It also makes it seem like a magic trick, like it is so impossible to do what you’re doing that nobody else could do it,” she said, further adding that men are “aggrandised for retaining self”, while women are not.
