In the wake of her cheating scandal with director Rupert Sanders, 22-year-old Twilight star Kristen Stewart has scored herself a role in a dark new film.
Vulture has reported that Stewart will be playing Peyton Loftis in the film adaptation of William Styron's novel Lie Down in Darkness - a role Hunger Games starlet Jennifer Lawrence was also vying for.
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The film, which will be directed by Crazy Hearts Scott Cooper', is set in the 1950s and tells the story of a troubled young woman involved in an incestuous relationship with her father.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson at the Teen Choice Awards last week, before news broke of Kristen's affair. Source: Getty
The two young stars were publicly vying for the role, which a source told the New York Post was seen by both women as a 'career-making role, like Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice.'
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21-year-old Lawrence expressed her interest in the role, telling W:
"I am obsessed with that part. I have this feeling of protectiveness over characters I want to play…If someone else gets the part, I’m afraid they won’t do it right."
Stewart said in an interview with Elle: "I want to play Peyton more than anything I can possibly taste or touch in my life. I want to play her so bad."
She added: "They’re the most f*****-up family. There’s a script adaptation I've read and it’s good."
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