
Kristen Stewart Blasts Hollywood Over 'Phony' Attempts To 'Do Away With Patriarchy'
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The "Love Lies Bleeding" star gave her two cents on the industry checking "these little boxes" pertaining to films.
Kristen Stewart slammed Hollywood for being “phony” by sticking to a select number of women filmmakers.
The “Love Lies Bleeding” star, who is set to make her feature directorial debut with “The Chronology of Water,” responded to efforts that make it “easy for” the film industry to involve women in a recent cover story for Porter magazine.
“[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy, and how we’re all made of it,” she said.
She continued, “It’s easy for them to be like, ‘Look what we’re doing. We’re making Maggie Gyllenhaal’s movie! We’re making Margot Robbie’s movie!’ And you’re like, OK, cool. You’ve chosen four…”
Stewart added that she’s in awe of Gyllenhaal and Robbie although “it feels phony.”