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Still Alice is an upcoming film from Sony Pictures, a film starring Julianne Moore as a woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, with clear Oscar potential for the lead. This week a new statement from The Hollywood Reporter's interview with a Sony executive makes a claim for 24-year-old Kristen Stewart's role in the film being deserving of a Best Supporting Actress Nomination as well. Could the Twilight star receive her first Oscar nomination in 2015?
"The picture is just a major achievement. It's a drama that embraces life and that captures the complexities of life," said Michael Barker, co-chief of Sony Pictures Classics. "We see that very rarely in movies, although we at Sony Classics saw that not so long ago with Amour. In addition to the depth of its screenplay and direction, it features several major performances."
According to THR, he added: "There's no question that Julianne Moore gives the greatest performance of her career to date - it's a performance of such amazing depth and subtlety - but one of the reasons it comes off so spectacularly well is that the actors around her are so strong. Kristen Stewart has never been better than she is in this film. Alec Baldwin gives one of the strongest performances of his career. In addition to that, you've got Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish also giving really strong performances."
This seems like the studio executive is pretty much just praising the film and its stars, most likely trying to sell his product (understandably). So why are the Kristen Stewart Oscar push rumors starting?
"Kristen Stewart is someone we have seen in many movies over the last several years - four in 2014, with three coming up in 2015 so far - and she has shown great range in such a wide variety of genres," Barker continued. "But there is something about this performance that has new depths that she hasn't shown before. She's really terrific in the film."
Sony clearly believes that Stewart should be considered for an Oscar nomination. It looks like we'll have to really see how her performance turns out when the release date hits, but Stewart could be changing some critics' minds in this film.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
