Emma Stone didn’t thoughts shaving her head for Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming movie Bugonia, however the expertise did make her fairly emotional.
After debuting a first look on the challenge at CinemaCon earlier this 12 months, a clip from the teaser showcased the two-time Oscar winner with the haircut. In her Monday cowl story with Vogue, the actress opened up concerning the blended expertise of shaving her head for the function.
“No higher feeling on the earth,” she stated when describing what it felt like to cut off her hair. “The primary bathe whenever you’ve shaved your head? Oh my God, it’s superb.”
Nonetheless, Stone revealed that earlier than they executed the lower mid-shot for Bugonia, she “burst into tears in her trailer” when remembering her mom, Krista Stone, who beforehand shaved her head throughout breast most cancers therapy.
“She really did one thing courageous,” Stone recalled considering to herself on the time. “I’m simply shaving my head.”
The logline for Lanthimos’ Bugonia reads, “Two conspiracy-obsessed younger males (Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) kidnap the high-powered CEO of a serious firm (Stone), satisfied that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.”
After the Poor Issues star debuted her new haircut, her mom was “jealous.” She added, “My mother was like, ‘I’m so jealous. I need to shave my head once more.’”
Nonetheless, not everybody in Stone’s life was eager on the haircut. Her expensive buddy and fellow Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence was admittedly towards the beauty shift.
“I actually didn’t need her to shave her head,” Lawrence advised the outlet. “I had already lived by the Billie Jean King haircut,” she stated in reference to Stone’s starring function in 2017’s Battle of the Sexes.