Emma Stone: I'm lucky to work with Yorgos Lanthimos

Bang Showbiz on Oct 22, 2025

Published in Women

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Emma Stone feels "very lucky" to work with Yorgos Lanthimos.

The 36-year-old actress has reunited with the acclaimed filmmaker to make Bugonia, the new black comedy film, and Emma has revealed that she cherished the experience of working with Yorgos, as well as her co-star Jesse Plemons.

The award-winning actress - who previously worked with the director on The Favourite - told Extra: "Not only Yorgos and Jesse, but the entire crew is pretty similar from film to film. We have the same cinematographer … So many of the roles on set are people that have been working together for a while and it's really amazing."

Emma shaved her head for her role in Bugonia, and she actually found the experience to be "super freeing".

Despite this, the actress confessed to experiencing some last-minute doubts about her striking appearance.

She said: "I definitely knew I was going to look different … As an actor, it feels like any role requires some type of transformation from how you look in your day-to-day life. And this one was in the script and I was totally prepared for like a year going into it.

"I freaked out at the very last moment that it was about to happen because I was like, 'This is very real now.' After that, it was an amazing experience."

Emma is one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood - but she previously admitted that dance is actually her "favourite art form".

The Hollywood star told The Talks: "I did do musicals growing up, but dance is probably my favourite art form. I took dance for 10 years -- mostly tap classes. I was never a technically proficient dancer, I couldn't be a ballerina, you know? I couldn't execute a lot of that stuff, so acting really spoke to me in a different way."

Asked to explain how acting "spoke" to her, Emma replied: "I think I connected with being able to bring to life what I wanted to more with acting.

"Performing helped me as a kid to channel my energy somewhere else, to put it out instead of turning it inward.

"Acting is therapy, especially as a kid, it was nice to have an outlet like that when I was really struggling with panic attacks. Being on stage early on made me less afraid to try things that are challenging and scary."

Emma loves that acting allows her to escape her everyday stresses.

She said: "Acting is a kind of suspension of everything else that is happening, and it's nice to have something like that."