{"id":565,"date":"2014-01-15T00:50:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T08:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/?p=565"},"modified":"2014-01-16T00:57:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:57:43","slug":"kristen-stewart-is-terrified-to-begin-work-on-new-drake-doremus-film-equals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/01\/15\/kristen-stewart-is-terrified-to-begin-work-on-new-drake-doremus-film-equals\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart is ‘terrified’ to begin work on new Drake Doremus film ‘Equals’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES\u2014Kristen Stewart has signed on to play the lead in \u201cLike Crazy\u201d director Drake Doremus\u2019 futuristic love story \u201cEquals,\u201d and it\u2019s making her a nervous wreck.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe I agreed to do it,\u201d said the \u201cTwilight\u201d actress about her upcoming role in the sci-fi drama, which also stars Nicholas Hoult of the upcoming \u201cX-Men: Days of Future Past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart describes \u201cEquals\u201d as a slightly updated version of the 1956 film \u201c1984,\u201d based on George Orwell\u2019s classic 1949 novel about rebellion in a repressed futuristic society. \u201cEquals\u201d begins filming later this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m terrified of it,\u201d said the 23-year-old actress in a recent interview. \u201cThough it\u2019s a movie with a really basic concept, it\u2019s overtly ambitious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u2018Equals,\u2019 things go wrong because you can\u2019t deny the humanity in everyone,\u201d said Stewart. \u201cIt\u2019s the most devastating story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adds Doremus of his sixth film: \u201cIt\u2019s about love in a world where love really doesn\u2019t exist anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Written by Nathan Parker (\u201cMoon\u201d), \u201cEquals\u201d is the first film Doremus will direct that he didn\u2019t write himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI trust Drake\u2019s process and I know we will do something really natural and real,\u201d said Stewart. \u201cBut I told Drake, \u2018Don\u2019t expect that I am going to be able to do this. It\u2019s too hard.\u2019 But he wouldn\u2019t take \u2018no\u2019 for an answer. I\u2019ve given directors disclaimers before, but never this much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennifer Lawrence, who appeared in 2011\u2019s \u201cLike Crazy,\u201d also read Parker\u2019s script, Doremus said. \u201cJen and I worked together before and she was fantastic,\u201d said the director. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to talk about the character with different people, but it became evident in my head that Nick and Kristen would have great chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a love story of epic, epic, epic proportion,\u201d added Stewart. \u201cI\u2019m scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week, the actress heads to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where she\u2019ll star in writer-director Peter Sattler\u2019s soldier film \u201cCamp X-Ray.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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