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Kristen Stewart is considering moving out of the United States because of President Donald Trump.
The “Twilight” actress revealed in an interview with The Times that she is building her directing career around being able to create films in Europe because she “can't work freely” in the United States.
Her directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” was filmed in Lativia as “it would have been impossible to do it in the United States.”
Stewart added that Trump's threat to impose tariffs on films made outside the country is “scary” for the film industry.
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Kristen Stewart harshly criticized Donald Trump's proposed tariff on the film industry. (Michael Buckner)
“Reality is completely breaking down under Trump,” he said. “But we should take a page from their 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 will “probably not” live in the United 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 American people's throats.”
In September, four months after initially considering the idea, Trump proposed a 100% tariff on films made outside the United States.
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“Our movie production 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!” Trump wrote in Truth Social at the time. “Therefore, to solve this long and endless problem, I will impose a 100% tariff on any and all movies made outside the United States.”
Kristen Stewart said that “reality is completely breaking down under Trump.” (Sebastian Reuters/Getty Images)
“Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he concluded.
Governor Gavin Newsom's press office responded with a statement about: “The Governor tried to explain to Trump months ago, when it was initially proposed, that his actions will cause irreparable damage to the American film industry. Today's action is 100% stupid.”
Trump's proposal has not yet gained much momentum.
Stewart struggled to make the film since first announcing the project in 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival, but told Porter magazine in 2024 that he planned to film in Latvia.
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“It's a budding film culture there. Look, I'm very interested in the way we make films here. [in the U.S.]but I needed a kind of radical detachment. I'm not a director yet. I need to make a film for students. “I can't do that here,” he explained at the time.
Kristen Stewart filmed her directorial debut in Latvia. (Matt Winkelmeyer)
His history with the president dates back more than a decade. While dating her “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson, Stewart was involved in a cheating scandal with her then-married “Snow White and the Huntsman” director Rupert Sanders.
Trump posted a series of tweets at the time, including: “Robert Pattinson shouldn't get Kristen Stewart back. She cheated on him like a dog and will do it again – just watch. He can do so much better!”
Trump followed up days later with another post on the platform, writing: “Everyone knows I'm right that Robert Pattinson should get rid of Kristen Stewart. In a couple years, you'll thank me. Be smart, Robert.”
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart dated for four years after meeting on the set of “Twilight.” (Chris Polk/FilmMagic)
Last month, the “Adventureland” actress slammed the entertainment industry as a “capitalist hellhole” that hates women and “marginalized voices.”
“We are at a fundamental nexus, because I think we are ready for a complete breakdown of the system. You know what I mean? I mean that across the board and also specifically in the world that I live in, which is very exclusively the entertainment industry,” Stewart said in an interview with The New York Times. “The interview.”
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“We need to start stealing our movies. I really appreciate every union. Believe me, we wouldn't survive without them. But some of the terms, some of the rules, and some of the structures that we've put in place have created incredible barriers for artists to express themselves.”
She argued: “It's so hard to make movies, it just doesn't have to be. I'm just trying to think of some kind of weird situation, like Marxist or communist, that other people can definitely think of, of course this psychopath is saying that, but I think it's possible, especially in these kind of narrow, exclusive environments. I'm not talking about the world at large, but for us, the system has banned people and made it too difficult to be honest.”
