{"id":45454,"date":"2026-08-15T00:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45454"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:04:51","slug":"kristen-stewart-on-potential-wrong-girls-american-ultra-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45454","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart On Potential &#8216;Wrong Girls&#8217;, &#8216;American Ultra&#8217; Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMore than a decade later, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kristen-stewart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kristen-stewart\" data-tag=\"kristen-stewart\">Kristen Stewart<\/a> is treating fans to another stoner comedy with her role in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-wrong-girls\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-wrong-girls\" data-tag=\"the-wrong-girls\">The Wrong Girls<\/a><\/em>, now in theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile discussing the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dylan-meyer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dylan-meyer\" data-tag=\"dylan-meyer\">Dylan Meyer<\/a>-written\/directed film, she acknowledged some similarities between one of the dual roles she plays in the movie and her character in the 2015 action comedy <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/american-ultra\/\" id=\"auto-tag_american-ultra\" data-tag=\"american-ultra\">American Ultra<\/a><\/em>, who was also a stoner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn <em>The Wrong Girls<\/em>, Frankie (Stewart) and Molly (Alia Shawkat) are codependent stoner best friends who have to come up with a way to pay the rent in 24 hours, all while discovering a mysterious drug that allows them to read minds and communicate telepathically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlthough Stewart plays an unmotivated college dropout as Frankie, the character soon runs into her doppelganger Frances, who works at a government agency developing the psychic drug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the Nima Nourizadeh-helmed <em>American Ultra<\/em>, penned by Max Landis, Stewart played Phoebe, a government agent who fell in love and went into hiding with her asset Mike (Jesse Eisenberg), a test subject in another superhuman drug trial. Could Phoebe be Frances\u2019 undercover persona?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((645\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg 4572w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=150,94 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=300,189 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=1024,645 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=1536,968 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=2048,1290 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=159,100 159w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=60,38 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=352,222 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=110,69 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=285,180 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=320,202 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=640,403 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=800,504 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDAMUL_EC007.jpg?resize=1280,806 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"645\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in \u2018American Ultra\u2019 (2015)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWhoa, yeah, actually that does make sense because didn\u2019t that storyline\u2014she was an official lady working at a government agency,\u201d Stewart told Deadline. \u201cFuck, dude, actually that\u2019s deep as hell, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, Meyer might already have some ideas for a sequel, noting she does \u201cget the impulse to sort of build out the universe,\u201d and writing the first film over 14 years, based on stories about her and her best friend. \u201cI\u2019ve been asked about a sequel, and there\u2019s room in this material for that to happen. They basically get superpowers at the end of the movie,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNoting that she doesn\u2019t \u201ccurrently\u201d have plans for a sequel, Meyer admitted, \u201cThere\u2019s so much left there. But I also think it\u2019s hard to compete with the first one of anything. So far, this is just one that\u2019s a complete story, but I could easily write for them forever. There\u2019s no shortage of material for me in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a decade later, Kristen Stewart is treating fans to another stoner comedy with her role in The Wrong Girls, now in theaters. 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