"I don't think there's ever going to be a point when there aren't a group of people who have varied expectations of what they want from fate. You gravitate toward those people and you do things you couldn't do alone," Stewart, also a big Henry Miller fan, adds. "That's why the book has never been not popular amongst people pushing and running after something."

We talk for a little while about the characters, their models, jazz, their Beat reading list. Inside the Actors Studio stuff — none of it is very interesting, and neither is entirely unaware of that. Then Stewart's publicist whisks her out and she says "nice to meet you" with more sincerity than she needs to.

Hedlund talks a little more about his road trips and research. But what really stands out isn't one of his own stories but one from Salles, the director, via Hedlund, about a pilgrimage to the Bay Area to meet Beat poet and Kerouac comrade Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

"They were on the streets of 'Frisco and they looked over and there's cars and traffic jams, and all these billboards and signs and advertisements and bright lights," Hedlund says, jabbing at why On the Road's ideas are indelible yet inimitable. "Then Ferlinghetti pointed and said, 'See ... there is no more way."

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mshavisham79
mshavisham79

I wonder if it ever occured to this 'journalist' that Stewart behaved as she did, that is, nervous and cautious, because of the VERY TYPES OF THINGS HE JUST WROTE? Having someone scrutinize your every movement & speculate on your meal choices thanks to your size would make me an awful lot twitchier than she tends to be.

bebe19
bebe19

@mshavisham79  maybe Kristen saw right through this "journalist" and she made him defensive.  She might of distracted him off is game and all he could write about is useless dribble.

bebe19
bebe19

i want to know about the movie not how much you want to date Hedlund or throw Stewart into oncoming traffic to be run over until she's a bloody pile of flesh.  Maybe you should be writing for a tabloid because this bit is about as informative as US mag.

MaryPop
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What I learned from Mr. JWeiss' interview that will move me to the cinema to see On the Road.

1. Spurious - Not being what it purports to be; false or fake: "spurious claims".2. The rooms @Four Season's Hotel in Beverly Hills are $400/night and serveeggs Hollandaise.3. Stewart had great intuition in not trusting this "journalist" with small talk.4. This "journalist" finds his job boring.5. Garrett is fine.  His chest is tan and hairless.

Jackelin
Jackelin

Great pic.  Besides the writer crushing on Garrett he gave us nothing but a condescending critique of the actors instead of the movie and the book.  Totally disrespected the actors.  Big fail.

juliet207
juliet207

I'm a writer and it's hard work. The writer of this piece clearly put a lot of work into clever phrasing. But beneath the avalanche of pointless descriptions and press release rehash is a deeply bored and, as a result, boring person who couldn't be bothered to find anything worthwhile to say or ask. This, for example:  "As a movie star, he is in the Armie Hammer–as-Winklevii mold. She is an L.A.-born goth locker pinup for kids who define old-school as before Instagram arrived on Droid phones." Waste of space, waste of time. 

art05
art05

Obviously, Jeff Weiss had already a preconceived idea about Kristen Stewart. To write a good article, and to get the best out of an interview, is part of being a good journalist. Unfortunately, the article is prejudiced and narrow-minded.But hey, this is a great picture of Garrett and Kristen.

Lk1330
Lk1330

Cute Pic, lame boring article. "Hedlund is broad-shouldered, farmer-tanned and blond." Bet you wanted to tap that, won't blame you ;)

 

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