Kristen Stewart "Perfect" for Snow White: "She's a Kick-Ass Chick," Says Twilight Director

Catherine Hardwicke weighs in on starlet's post-Twi gig. Plus, who got naughty during the filming of Red Riding Hood?

By Marc Malkin, Brett Malec Mar 08, 2011 6:30 PMTags
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Don't mess with Snow White.

Especially if Kristen Stewart is playing her...

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As you may have heard, the Twilight starlet is in final negotiations to take on the fairest of them all role in Snow White and the Huntsman.

"I love it," Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke told us last night at the Hollywood premiere of her new flick, Red Riding Hood. "She's going to be a bad ass, learning how to hunt. That is perfect for Kristen!

"She's an athlete," Hardwicke continued. "She's a kick-ass chick. She's going to do good in that."

Charlize Theron is also in final talks for the Rupert Sanders-directed movie to play the Evil Queen along with Viggo Mortensen as the Huntsman, according to Deadline.

As for this new take on Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, Hardwicke thinks Twi-fans are going to dig her much more grown-up version of the childhood fable. "I hope they like it," she said, adding, "I mean it's sexy, so let's be real."

Hood costar Max Irons (who certainly is sexy!) says it didn't take long to discover that Seyfried has a bit of a naughty side.

"I remember my first day on set, my first day in front of the camera," said Irons, whose dad is Oscar winner Jeremy Irons. "Amanda was opposite me and we had kind of an intimate scene."

"Just before action, she asked me the most obscene sexual question regarding my own personal activities, which made me blush for about five minutes," he said. "It made me shrink in my boots."

So what did she ask?

Irons smiled, "I'm not bloody telling you."