Maybe Stewart's exceptional worldview is just part of a sea
change for many young celebrities quickly learning to adapt to the ruthlessly
fickle rhythms of celebrity culture. But she presents co-star Robert
Pattinson's Edward Cullen as a bleak metaphor for celebrity. She says, "Edward
is actually a really good parallel to fame."
"As a vampire, he has a sad, desolate life--fame is the
same." Too true, K-Stew! It's lonely at the top. Because when you're reportedly
raking in at least $12 million to bite your lower lip, there really is no one
else--apart from those already lingering in that same dark chamber of celebrity
shame--who can "get" you.
The rest of us will just bitterly bray about how you act by
biting your lower lip, hoping that no one finds the joke tiresome. But
Stewart's candidness is refreshing. She adamantly wants to avoid becoming too
A-list. "I don't want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie. Nothing about being
a celebrity is desirable. I'm an actor. It's bizarre to me that everybody's so
obsessive."
It's like growing up in a Hollywood universe and watching
their peers, like Lindsay Lohan, implode so publically, young would-be
A-listers tread showbiz turf with more practiced reservation than even
venerable Oscar darlings.]
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