Kristen Stewart will play actress Jean Seberg in the true-life political thriller Against All Enemies. The film centers on Seberg’s involvement with militant civil rights activists in the late 1960s, and her subsequent targeting by the FBI’s illegal surveillance program COINTELPRO. Seberg suffered severe personal trauma as a result of the FBI’s concerted efforts to destroy her reputation.
Famed Hollywood director Otto Preminger discovered the 18-year-old Iowa native Seberg during a talent search. Preminger immediately cast the inexperienced actress in his 1957 production Saint Joan, hoping to groom her as a star. Though she did achieve some early success in Hollywood, Seberg became a true icon when she worked for French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard ...
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