Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg reflect on walkouts during the Cannes premiere

(3 Jun 2022) ASSOCIATED PRESS New York, 2 June 2022 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actor: “I feel like everyone talks about that kind of stuff at Cannes - like, who’s going to walk out of the Cronenberg movie? It was - I mean, I loved those conversations. I think we got a few walkouts maybe, in, like, the press screening and I think maybe none in the premiere night of it all. There’s this - like I said, there’s a sweetness to the movie. I think that that’s what’s surprising about it, because it is gnarly and it’s like sometimes grotesque, but in a very beautiful way.“ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Viggo Mortensen, actor: “I think a lot of that came from David saying,’Oh, there’ll probably be a lot of walkouts,’ but that’s his sense of humor. He was joking. And then I said, watch out. Because some people will go will say, I’ll be damned if I walk out, you know, just because you said so. He was just kidding.“ 3. SOUN