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Kristen Stewart calls out Hollywood for ‘phony’ support of female filmmakers

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Kristen Stewart has called out Hollywood for appearing to support female filmmakers but then turning its back once it has uplifted a certain number of creative voices.

The star, 34, who is set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s 2011 memoir, , vocalised her gripes in a new interview with

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