US actress Kristen Stewart (35) announced in an interview that she wanted to shoot her next film without a fee. “The next film I want to do: I want to do it for free, I don’t want to make a dollar, I want it to be a huge success,” said the actress and director in an interview with the New York Times. The film industry makes it too difficult to make films that are not blockbusters or tried and tested formulas. “The system excluded people,” Stewart said.
The Oscar-nominated actress (“Spencer,” “Love Lies Bleeding“) explained exactly what would be a huge success for her: “If you do something for free and reach a small number of people, that’s enough for me. If it’s shown in the theater, if there are a few interviews about it, if we have a few screenings and if a few people have seen it. If someone says, ‘Oh wow, that changed me.’ That would be a success.”
Kristen Stewart: Then people would go to the cinema again
But at the same time she could also imagine reaching a large audience. “If people had the courage to let one person lead, and that person was actually funded, supported and believed in – then people would go to the cinema again. And not just to see the tenth Marvel film.” Stewart cited the box office hit “Barbie” by Greta Gerwig as an example of such a film.
