‘Human beings are just animals,” says Kristen Stewart. “It’s about fiercely living and squeezing every single drop out of life and not denying any aspects of it.”

Despite her up-and-down personal life, Stewart is not talking about herself or any dramas that have tabloid headlines attached to them. Instead, she’s mulling over her explicit scenes in “On the Road,” opening Friday.

“So much is clearly illustrated through her sexuality in her film,” Stewart says of her character Marylou. “But there was nothing about it that seemed gratuitous. It just seemed so necessary. There was simply no question that this would be a more sexual role.”

Based on the classic book by Jack Kerouac, this adaptation is about a young writer named Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) whose life turns upside-down during a cross-country road trip with Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and his girlfriend, Marylou.

“She’s a very dedicated performer,” says Hedlund of working with Stewart. “She read this book at 15 and stuck with this project. It meant that much to her.”

After the tumultuous 2012 that brought her final “Twilight” film as Bella, Stewart now says, “I’m doing all right. No, I’m actually doing good. I’m happy.”

1. Do you remember when you first read “On the Road?”
It was on a reading list at my school. I remember it was literally next to “The Scarlet Letter” and “Catcher in the Rye.” Those books would have been cool, too, but I wanted to choose the most different one and went for it. I had the greatest time of possibly my whole academic career reading this book. I just aligned with that period in the book and kept thinking, “Wow. I love these words.”

2. What spoke to you in those words?
I loved that the book told me that it was my job to choose what my life was going to be. It was a conscious choice because life doesn’t just happen to you. It told me that you have to use every second in life. You can’t get complacent and let life pass you by. The people in this book were aggressively living. Also, it wasn’t about what happens to them in the end. It was about what happens to you in the middle, too.

3. So there were a few good life lessons here?
The book also tells you if something is driving you crazy, don’t deny it. Just hold on. Figure it out. Don’t let anything overwhelm you or sweep it under the rug. Again, these people in “On the Road” faced life head-on.

4. Is Marylou your most daring character?
I didn’t want to just play the wild, sexy, girl. Yes, she’s daring, but my favorite thing about taking this character on is that she’s self-aware and completely not self-conscious. She’s someone who can harness her fears in life although she’s not above emotions like jealousy.

5. Do you miss Bella? Is it strange after all these years of “Twilight” films to think you’ll never do another?
The most difficult thing I’ve ever done is to go off to another project like “On the Road” wondering if Bella would still stay with me. I didn’t take many other projects while we were doing “Twilight.” In the end, Bella didn’t stick with me more than any other character. Of course, there are people who so genuinely love the “Twilight” movies and books that they’ve said, “Every single time I see you in a movie, you’re still Bella to me.” It doesn’t bother me. I just say, “Fantastic, you’re a big Bella fan. I can totally relate. I’m a fan of Bella, too.” I do think people assume that I’m Bella. I have to prove to them that I can do other things and that she was just a character.

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via Entertainment Weekly - Australia was founded as a repository for crooks and criminals - a wretched hive of scum and villainy, like the British Empire’s own Mos Eisley. Of course, that was a long time ago and the Australian national demeanor has since shifted from “kill or be killed” to “live and let live,” but David Michod’s gritty 2010 drama Animal Kingdom chronicled some of the country’s more modern criminal descendents. In his upcoming sophomore effort, The Rover, the director takes things even further.

Robert Pattinson plays a denizen of the Outback in the near future, after a worldwide financial collapse has sent many like him running to the still viable mines of the Australian desert. 'It’s like a new gold rush,' says Michod. 'Where people from all corners of the world have come out to the desert to scrape out an existence. Petty criminals and miscreants and hustlers.' Guy Pearce, who had an uncharacteristically reserved role in Animal Kingdom, gets to sink his teeth into a nicely nasty part opposite Pattinson. 'The basic story is really quite elemental,' says Michod. 'You’ve got a really dark, dangerous, murderous person in Guy’s character, and in Rob’s character you have a quite troubled and damaged, but beautiful and naïve, soul.'

Of course, just by its setting and basic plot, The Rover is poised to draw comparisons to one of the antipodean country’s most memorable cinematic contributions. 'You put cars in the desert in Australia and people are going to think of Mad Max,” says Michôd. “And with all due respect to that film - and I stress that - I think The Rover is going to be way more chillingly authentic and menacing.'

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The film also stars Portia Doubleday as Butterfly, a role that Kristen had originally attached herself to six years ago while she was filming the first Twilight movie. The unexpected success of the franchise took Kristen's career in a completely different direction.

"She kept working and she kept working and she kept working," Jules explains. "And she got really big and we were still really small and I was like, 'Go! Go do Snow White, please, go make those big films honey, that's wonderful!'"

Kristen does have a small part in the film as a secretary who picks up a very important phone call. Though Jules stands by her decision to recast her daughter's original role, the filmmaker still believes that Kristen would have done the part justice. "Kristen has a dark side," she tells Us. "Kristen has the edge -- thank god, right?"

K-11 will be released on March 15 in 15 cities across the U.S. and will be available On Demand through local cable companies. Visit www.K11TheMovie.com for more information on where K-11 is playing.

We caught up with Kristen Stewart days after she appeared at the Academy Awards with that most unusual accessory: crutches. "It's much better now," she says of her foot, which she injured on a piece of glass. Stewart, who recently signed on to star in The Big Shoe, says she's been spending time with a certain Twilight costar. No, not that one - Taylor Lautner. "It's been so long since we've been in [L.A.] at the same time. I've been seeing a lor of that young lout." With Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012, 1hr., 55 mins., PG-13) now out on DVD, we asked her to name her top five moments from the franchise.

1. TWILIGHT'S PROM "This is number one on my list for a reason," says Stewart of the final scene in the 2008 film. "I remember stepping on Rob's feet in my sneakers, and we listened to that song ['Flightless Bird, American Mouth' by Iron & Wine] all night. It was the end of the shoot, and we were all so close and not wanting to go home yet. That's the one scene I look at and always start crying. And I'm not a bit embarrassed about it."

2. NEW MOON REUNION "We had around 200 people - tourists, locals - watching like it was theater," Stewart says of Bella and Edward's Italian reunion. "They'd be quiet for filming, and at the end of every take they'd applaud. I crashed through the fountain and into Rob's arms - we must have done it 15 times - and they'd clap every single time."

3. BREAKING DAWN - PART 1'S WEDDING It wasn't easy to keep Stewart's wedding dress a secret. "They put me in f---ing Volturi cloak," she says. But she loves to remember that trip down the aisle. "It's this feeling I had that it was like a real wedding. I have these memories of it that are not in keeping with a movie set. It feels like my memories. You have room in your mind for character, and then there's room for yourself. That memory is definitely more mine."

4. TRUCK STOP Stewart fondly recalls one "random" scene from Twilight. "I'm washing my truck, and Rob drops in on me suddenly," she says. "It was so tense shooting Twilight, and here's this little scene that felt like it was out of an 80's teen movie. He does this cool little move, and we're sort of dancing around each other. We still talk about this scene and how fun it was. He remembers what I was wearing. I remember everything about that day."

5. ONE LAST DANCE The final scene Stewart ever shot with Lautner is also one of her favorites. "Dancing together at the end of Bella's wedding was incredibly emotional," she says. "We listened to Christina Perri's A Thousand Years,' and it was perfect - for the characters and us, too."

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@Let_ks_be - @Variety_JLD hi! Do you know if Focus still happened or is going to be delayed since WB doesn't have Ben Affleck replace ?

@Variety_JLD - @Let_ks_be We heard they're moving the shoot to May. They're still working on a big name for the male lead.