Kristen Stewart 'puked' on set as new film had her eating 'all day'

Kristen Stewart described filming a demanding scene for Full Phil, an absurdist comedy drama starring Woody Harrelson and Stewart. Her character must consume large amounts of decadent food from hotel room service and a diner during extended takes. Stewart said she could not use spit buckets because the takes were very long, and she vomited once after cauliflower mash was prepared with vegetal oil instead of butter. She explained that the production required her to eat all day so the food would taste authentic and reflect French cuisine. Despite the discomfort, she said the eating created obstacles and served as a symbolic metaphor for her character consuming her feelings.

"Speaking to Deadline on 18 May, Stewart told of a scene that saw her character consume a large amount of decadent food from hotel room service and at a diner. However, she couldn't make use of spit buckets, as is the norm in the industry, while shooting the scene because the takes were very long. "I only puked once," she shared. "It was when they had filled this cauliflower mash with butter and they were like, 'There's no butter. It's all vegetal oil.' And I was like, 'Vegetal oil?' Woody's vegan and I was like, 'You can smell the butter.'""

"Stewart went on to say that they had "a very talented and willful French man making the food." She continued: "Our process means that I have to eat all day long. They wanted it to taste really good and reflect the French cuisine. And I was like, 'I'm going to die. I'm not supposed to actually perish.'" Despite the discomfort, however, Stewart enjoyed the challenge that came with filming the scene in that way."

""The eating's cool because it's nice to have obstacles, like kind of hurdles that you don't think about when you're running lines," she said. "It's a metaphor. It's very symbolic. She's a voracious bottomless pit, eating her feelings." The comments were made while publicising Full Phil at the Cannes Film Festival, where Stewart and Harrelson discussed the film’s Paris journey and interruptions."

"Full Phil is an absurdist comedy drama starring Woody Harrelson as a wealthy American industrialist and Stewart as his estranged daughter. The pair attempt to reconnect on a trip to Paris, but French food, a 1950s horror film and a meddling hotel employee interrupt their plans. Stewart’s on-set experience centered on the food-heavy demands of the role, including long takes and the inability to use spit buckets."

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