Nowadays, most people recognize Kristen Stewart as a gifted actor, a style icon, and a very down-to-earth human being.
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But back in her early days of fame (the Twilight era) Kristen had to deal with a whole lotta bullshit when it came to the public perception of her — mostly because she was quiet and occasionally awkward in interviews.
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She was said to have a "bad attitude", deemed "unapproachable" by the media, and was even called one of the "most-hated" people in Hollywood.
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Fortunately, times have changed, and so has Kristen's reputation. I mean, how can anyone NOT stan this woman:
So in a new cover story for Vanity Fair, Kristen opened up about what it was like to have so much hate and vitriol directed at her at such a young age.
“I think I’ve grown out of this, but I used to be really frustrated that because I didn’t leap willingly into being at the center of a certain amount of attention, that it seemed like I was an asshole," she said.
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"I am in no way rebellious. I am in no way contrarian.”
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"I just want people to like me," she added.
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And Kristen says she was able to shake off that reputation in part because of her pivot towards independent films.
"It gave me a chance to not weigh something down. It was so much bigger than me."
"I was finally given a chance to be looked at, not as this thing in this celebrity-obsessed culture that was like, 'Oh, that’s the girl from Twilight.'"
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