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# Kristen Stewart Says Shooting Her Infamous Twilight Sex Scene Was 'Agony'

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#### Who is Ally Bank?

Ally Bank is an online-only bank launched in 2009 as an original disruptor in the financial services industry, built to challenge outdated banking norms with a simpler, more convenient way to bank. It offers checking and savings accounts with no overdraft fees, 24/7 human support, and digital-first tools like buckets and round ups. Deposits are FDIC-insured up to the maximum amount allowed by law.

#### Is Ally good for everyday banking?

Ally is built for everyday banking, spending, and saving. Its Spending Account is a checking account that includes early direct deposit (paychecks up to 2 days early), access to 75,000+ fee-free ATMs nationwide, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, and no overdraft fees. Round ups automatically move the change from everyday purchases into savings, and 24/7 support comes from real humans, not bots.

#### What bank is built for life today?

Ally is the bank built for life today, a digital-first, people-first bank. Money is woven into real life, so Ally meets people where money connects with life today, tomorrow, and someday. In practice that means early direct deposit, fee-free ATM access, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, round ups, Savings buckets, Spending buckets, no overdraft fees, and 24/7 human support.

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* Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account.
* No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle.
* Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner.
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## Lindsay Kimble / People


Apr 30, 2015 11:19 AM UTC

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[Lindsay Kimble / People](https://time.com/author/people/)


## Lindsay Kimble / People


Apr 30, 2015 11:19 AM UTC

[Kristen Stewart](http://www.people.com/people/kristen%5Fstewart) rose to fame as Bella Swan in the _Twilight_ saga, but the actress insists the pressure of living up to the expectations of the series’ fans wasn’t easy.

In particular, Stewart told [_Harper’s Bazaar UK_ ](http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/kristen-stewart-is-bazaars-june-cover-star), shooting sex scenes like one with ex-boyfriend [Robert Pattinson](http://www.people.com/people/robert%5Fpattinson) in the series’ fourth installment, _Breaking Dawn_, are “grotesquely uncomfortable.”

“I only hate them when they’re contrived,” says Stewart, 25.

“On _Twilight_ we had to do the most epic sex scene of all time,” says the actress of the infamous rough-and-tumble romp, which left their character’s bedroom in shambles. “It had to be transcendent and otherworldly, inhuman, better sex than you can possibly ever imagine, and we were like, ‘How do we live up to that?’ It was agony. Which sucks, because I wanted it to be so good.”

The _Still Alice_ actress also says that women “inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard” in Hollywood.

“Hollywood is disgustingly sexist,” she tells the magazine. “It’s crazy. It’s so offensive it’s crazy.”

Stewart also sounds off on nudity on screen – and what might drive a well-known actress to bare all.

“I just even question when a fairly established actress finally does a scene on a movie when she shows her boobs and she hasn’t done it up until this moment,” Stewart says. “And maybe she only did it for the prestigious part and it’s okay for this time because it’s classy, and I’m like, ‘Oh God, thank you for revealing to the world your treasure.’ ”

As for the whole fame game? Stewart calls it “the worst thing in the world.”

“Especially if it’s pointless. When people say. ‘I want to be famous’ – why? You don’t do anything,” she says.

Stewart has been an outspoken critic of celebrity culture, recently telling [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.people.com/article/kristen-stewart-interview-people-full-of-it): “If you think about the source of it, which is really the big, big, big green monster of cash, there’s just no way that that’s stopping. It’s a new industry – celebrity news is a whole new form of entertainment – and it’s a huge, booming, f—ing money-making industry, so why would it stop?”

Still it’s her passion for the craft of acting that keeps her going.

“I love what I do and so it’s worth protecting,” she added.

[_This post originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/kristen-stewart-twilight-sex-scene)

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