Yahoo Movies Kristen Stewart "hated" making Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels star Kristen Stewart didn't find much joy in rebooting the franchise.
Rewind to the 2019 movie directed by Elizabeth Banks (Cocaine Bear): Stewart played Sabina Wilson opposite Naomi Scott as Elena Houghlin and Ella Balinska as Jane Kano, with Patrick Stewart stepping in as the new John Bosley.
Despite their best intentions, these Angels couldn't conjure up the same magic as Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore in the early 2000s and Stewart has now admitted she "hated" making the movie.
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Referencing the opening line of Charlie's Angels – “Did you know that it takes men an additional seven seconds to perceive a woman as a threat compared to a man?” – Stewart told Variety: "We wanted a strong opener, you know? We wanted to really like broadcast what the movie was about. It was a good idea at the time."
She then added: "I hated making that movie. I don't know what else to say to you. Honestly, the three... you can't touch [that]. Cameron, Lucy and Drew... I love that movie. I love that movie! If that says anything."
In Charlie's Angels and its sequel Full Throttle, the trio portrayed Natalie Cook, Alex Munday and Dylan Sanders respectively, alongside Bill Murray's Bosley.
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Meanwhile, four years after the reboot's release, director Banks argued how the "gendered agenda" was the only discussion on the media's lips during its promotion.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, she said: "So much of the story that the media wanted to tell about Charlie's Angels was that it was some feminist manifesto.
"People kept saying, 'You're the first female director of Charlie's Angels!' And I was like, 'They've only done a TV show and McG's movies... what are you talking about? There's not this long legacy.'
"I just loved the franchise. There was not this gendered agenda from me. That was very much laid on top of the work, and it was a little bit of a bummer. It felt like it pigeonholed me and the audience for the movie," Banks added.
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