Hollywood star Kristen Stewart has slammed Donald Trump and revealed that his behaviour has sparked a shock personal decision.
Tracy Wright — Fox News
Kristen Stewart is eyeing a move out of the United States due to President Donald Trump.
The Twilight actress revealed in an interview with The Times that she’s cultivating her directorial career around being able to create films in Europe because she “can’t work freely” in America.
Her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, was shot in Lativia as “it would have been impossible to do in the States.”
Stewart added that Mr Trump’s threat of tariffs on movies made outside the country is “terrifying” for the film industry.
“Reality is breaking completely under Trump,” she said. “But we should take a page out of his book and create the reality we want to live in.”
The bi-coastal actress – who spends time in Los Angeles and New York – admitted that she’s “probably not” going to live in the States for much longer.
“I can’t work freely there,” Stewart said. “But I don’t want to give up completely. I’d like to make movies in Europe and then shove them down the throat of the American people.”
In September, four months after initially musing the idea, Mr Trump proposed a 100 per cent tariff on films made outside the United States.
“Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby.’ California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit!” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never-ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”
“Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!,” he concluded.
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office responded with a statement on X: “The Governor tried to explain this to Trump months ago — when this was initially proposed — that his actions will cause irreparable damage to the U.S. film industry. Today’s move is 100% stupid.”
Mr Trump’s proposal has not yet gained further momentum.
Stewart struggled to get the film made since she first announced the project in 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival, but told Porter Magazine in 2024 that she planned to shoot in Latvia.
“It’s a fledgling film culture there. Look, I’m all about the way we make movies here [in the US], but I needed a sort of radical detachment. I am not a director yet. I need to make a student film. I can’t do that here,” she explained at the time.
Her history with the President goes back more than a decade. While she was dating Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, Stewart was involved in a cheating scandal with her then-married Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders.
Mr Trump posted a string of tweets at the time, including, “Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again — just watch. He can do much better!”
Mr Trump followed up days later with another post on the platform, and wrote, “Everyone knows I am right that Robert Pattinson should dump Kristen Stewart. In a couple of years, he will thank me. Be smart, Robert.”
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