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Charlie’s Angels: Kristen Stewart suggests ‘overly politicised’ promotion hurt reboot

Actor said she had no regrets about making the film, however

Adam White
Monday 16 December 2019 10:33 GMT
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Kristen Stewart has suggested that having “complicated, overly politicised” conversations about feminism while promoting Charlie’s Angels may have contributed to its lack of success.

The reboot of the franchise, which succeeded two early Noughties blockbusters starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, was a box office flop last month, but Stewart has said that she has no regrets about the film itself.

“I think if I had made a movie that wasn’t good and one that I wasn’t proud of and a lot of people saw it, I would be devastated,” Stewart told The Playlist. “Luckily I’m not feeling gutted because I really am proud of the movie.”

She also said that she felt the tone of the movie clashed with what she and her cast members were expected to talk about during interviews.

“I think that the kind of climate that we’re living in right now is polarising and it’s weird and it’s kind of hard to promote a movie like that,” she suggested.

“I think trying to have a really complicated, overly politicised feminist conversation in a five minute TV interview about Charlie’s Angels… I’m like, ‘Dude, we just wanted to have a good time.’”

Stewart continued: “I’m bummed that we probably won’t make another one, but at the same time I’m really proud of the movie and I’m so happy that it exists and can live in the world. Because I think for a lot of people it’s still kind of important even in a very non-serious way.”

In November, it was reported that Sony Pictures were reducing the marketing spend on the Elizabeth Banks-directed reboot after a dismal opening weekend of just $8m (£6.1m). The film cost at least $48m (£37m) to produce.

Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska also starred in the movie, which The Independent called “not camp nor self-indulgent enough” to warrant seeing.

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