Kristen Stewart has talked about her new role in the move "Still Alice" and she pressed that she has talked to a patient with Alzheimer's.
She noted that she prepared for her role as she did an intensive research and had spent time with an elderly who had severe dementia.
She said that the patient was quite old and that she was never fully with her but she noted that she knw for a second that she had been dropped into the old woman's body. She said, "Oh my God, this is rare, and this is very brief." And that she really held on to those few seconds and she appreciated it.
She noted that the patient hang out with Stewart and her own family but for a few seconds, she was trying to say something about the dinner but did not remember it again. She noted that she felt as if the patient had so much to offer. Stewart stressed, "She might not be able to cognitively explain how she's feeling, but she's feeling so much. I had a connection to this subject. I judged harshly people who couldn't deal."
The actress also talked about her co-star Julianne Moore and she said that she has known the actress for a number of years. She added that everyone wants to work with people that you have a connection with but she pressed that does not always happened.
Moore will be her mother in the said film and she pressed that she went through a lot in the film playing the role of Moore's daughter as it was not a stretch. She added, "It's something that is so very much in us. The story is powerful and sad and scary, so I was very comfortable jumping into that with her."
Moore also talked about Stewart noting that she could not love her more as she praised Stewart noting that she is a wonderful actress and is full of feeling.
