CANNES, France (AP) — In a pair of films at the Cannes Film Festival, Kristen Stewart makes a plaything of her celebrity, giving a homes-of-the-stars Hollywood tour in Woody Allen's 1930s-era tale "Cafe Society" and playing a fashion assistant in Olivier Assayas' psychological drama "Personal Shopper."
In the mysterious "Personal Shopper," her character buys designer clothes and jewelry for a star, while mourning her late twin brother, with whom she believes she can communicate spiritually.
Stewart was particularly forthcoming about the challenges of the film ("I didn't know what the hell I was doing ever," she said) and how she sought to be "the most thoughtless, present, naked version of myself I could possibly be."
In Allen's "Cafe Society," Stewart plays the assistant to a powerful Hollywood agent (Steve Carell) who's drawn to the larger-than-life figures of the movies.
[...] in one scene, Stewart seems to be commenting on her own place in the industry: "I think I'd be happier being life-size," she tells the visiting out-of-towner, played by Jesse Eisenberg.
