Will the Real Kristen Stewart Please Stand Up?

Adventureland director says Kristen is a great and complicated actress

By Ted Casablanca Mar 19, 2009 12:43 PMTags
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Jeez, you Twi Twits are testy fans to come by! Fantastically die-hard you are, but scary, too, if disrespected. The jury still seems to be out regarding Kristen Stewart, with some of you (Kendal) calling her a "rude little weed head" and not buying her New Moon enthusiasm.

But our fave had to be one commenter, Excited, who likes her saying, "I can see why she's excited, have you seen Taylor's abs? You can wash your underwear on them things." See, we, too, love this Kristen more and more. Good for her to hype up the bodylicious Taylor. He's like a dirty Jonas Brother!

So since you all can't make up your minds, we asked other people who have worked with Stewart before what this gal's deal is. Adventureland director Greg Mottola weighed in on whether K truly is as down-to-earth as she seems:

"She's the kind of actress where you're really wondering what she's thinking. She's very feelingful. She's complicated, and she's got a great bulls--t detector," praised Mottola. "She's a serious young woman, but she's got lightness to her."

Apparently, Kristen stayed levelheaded even when cast in Twilight by director Catherine Hardwicke, who flew all the way to Pittsburgh (where Adventureland was filming) just to audition her.

"One day, [Kristen] came to set and she was like, 'Oh, I think I'm doing some vampire picture,' " Mottola recounted. "She was excited. I mean, she didn't know it would blow up."

We're onboard with this take-no-crap Kristen. She's cool and chill, and just because she can suddenly talk up New Moon doesn't mean she's faking it (ahem, half of you commenters out there).

Additional reporting by Taryn Ryder