KRISTEN STEWART BRUISED POLE DANCING

Actress Kristen Stewart received some bruises after struggling with her pole-dancing routine in the upcoming film "Welcome To The Rileys." The star plays a 16-year-old exotic dancer in the drama, and is admitting she was not prepared for the very hard stripping scenes. She tells E! Online, "I did some pole dancing. I got bruises all over my legs. I tore myself up doing it. It sucked. (But) the more I saw it, the more I wanted it (to perform). It was like a weird self-hating kind of thing. The cool thing about my character is she is not sultry and she is not sexy." Director Jake Scott asked the "Twilight" beauty to take lessons from a real stripper - but insists Stewart was still scared of shedding her clothes even though the set was closed off to everyone but cast and crew. He adds, "She was terrified. The strip club we shot in was really a club, and it really was that dirty and really that tough. But she killed it."
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