Los Angeles:
Kristen Stewart has beaten outJennifer Lawrence to land the lead role in indie project LieDown in Darkness.
Stewart, 22, will play Peyton Loftis in the adaptation ofWilliam Styron's 1951 novel of the same name that tells thestory of a girl whose mother is jealous of her and father hasharbours incestuous feelings towards her, reported MTV.
Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper will helm the projectwith Jeff Sharp as producer.
Lawrence was initially up for the coveted part but couldnot commit in the end due to her busy schedule filming sequelsto The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class.
It is unknown when Lie Down in Darkness is expected tobegin production.
Stewart is currently in the eye of the storm after it wasrevealed that she cheated on boyfriend Robert Pattinson with Rupert Sanders, the married director of her last project SnowWhite and the Huntsman.
Read: Rupert Sanders' wife has banned him from working with Kristen Stewart again
Stewart, 22, will play Peyton Loftis in the adaptation ofWilliam Styron's 1951 novel of the same name that tells thestory of a girl whose mother is jealous of her and father hasharbours incestuous feelings towards her, reported MTV.
Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper will helm the projectwith Jeff Sharp as producer.
Lawrence was initially up for the coveted part but couldnot commit in the end due to her busy schedule filming sequelsto The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class.
It is unknown when Lie Down in Darkness is expected tobegin production.
Stewart is currently in the eye of the storm after it wasrevealed that she cheated on boyfriend Robert Pattinson with Rupert Sanders, the married director of her last project SnowWhite and the Huntsman.
Read: Rupert Sanders' wife has banned him from working with Kristen Stewart again
