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MTV News interviewed Welcome To The Rileys director Jake Scott. He said this about Kristen Stewart’s turn as a teen runaway-turned-stripper and prostitute, perhaps the most personal performance of her career. According to the director, audiences will see an entirely new side of the Twilight superstar in the indie flick.
“It’s an emotionally naked performance. She really exposed herself in that way.”
One way in which she didn’t expose herself was in the flesh. While Stewart does show off some skin onscreen, she never appears fully in the nude, nor do any of the scenes play as sexy. Instead they’re dark, often sad portraits of a young girl forced into compromising situations and the pitiful men who prey on her vulnerability. Highlighting these story elements, rather than salacious ones, was something Scott set out to accomplish.
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