Emma Stone: the mysterious movie actress – Respublika.lt

Fake name

Emma Stone is a fake name for an actress. Her childhood name was Emily Jean Stone. She decided to change her name not because she didn’t like her own, it was simply a work necessity: actress Emily Stone was already registered on the list of the US Screen Actors Guild. According to the actress, she sometimes introduces herself by her real name, but is still called Emma, ​​out of habit.

By the way, the same story has already happened to Sarah Michelle Gellar: she wanted to be called just Sarah Gellar, but there was already such an actress in Hollywood, so it was decided to use the middle name as well.

Panic attacks

Emma Stone was born in the state of Arizona, in a family that does not stand out and has absolutely nothing to do with creativity. But Emma wanted to become an actress from a young age, all her dreams were related to big cinema. Already in her childhood, she understood: in order to achieve goals, you need to be disciplined and work hard. The actress said that she was very interested in what could be measured, she was interested in grades, reports, schedules. She tried to do everything right.

No wonder she started having panic attacks and started suffering from an anxiety disorder. The first time she panicked was visiting a friend. It appeared to her that the house was on fire. Emma lived in a state of anxiety for 3 years. She went to the doctors and kept asking her mother if everything was okay. Acting helped Emma Stone cope with this problem. It was the opportunity to improvise that pulled her out of that terrible state. From the age of 10, she started acting in the youth theater “Valley” and it became her salvation.

When she turned 15, the girl did everything to convince her parents to move to Hollywood. She dealt with this question in a very creative way: she prepared a PowerPoint presentation for her parents with the catchy name “Project Hollywood”. The actress said that it was real madness, but the parents appreciated their daughter’s enthusiasm and agreed. That’s how Emma and her mother ended up in Los Angeles.

Fake brunette

Looking at Emma Stone, there is no doubt that brown is her natural hair color. Who would have thought that by nature her hair is completely different. The actress’ ancestors were Swedish, so she was lucky to be born a natural blonde. And it’s just turning brown.

The actress said that as soon as she arrived in Hollywood, her agent warned her that blondes could only expect roles as backup dancers. Emma was soon convinced that it was. Realizing that something had to be done, she dyed her blonde curls black. She could hardly have expected it to work, but after a week she got a bigger role. She came to the audition of the movie “Superbad” with dark hair and was offered to dye it brown. The actress liked the new look so much that she has only dyed her hair brown since then.

Likes to go crazy

Emma likes parties, she loves to have fun. Once, journalists spread the news that Emma broke her shoulder during the Spice Girls concert. E. Stone had to make an excuse: she suffered the injury not during the concert, but at the party before it.

The doctors did not immediately determine the condition of the affected arm, so the actress performed without a cast at the concert, although the bone was broken.

Project selection strategy

At the very beginning of her acting career, Ema chose projects with interesting stories, later she focused all her attention on heroines. Only after becoming an experienced actress did Ema realize that the director is of great importance. Now three components of the project are important for the actress – the director, the character and the script. As she herself admits, she made a mistake when choosing roles, but in general she is satisfied with her filmography. “Paper Man” and “Favorite” are especially important to her.

Fan of Leonardo DiCaprio

Emma Stone’s childhood idol was Leonardo DiCaprio. She watched “Titanic” in the cinema 7 times, and on her 12th birthday she received an autographed photo of Leo. The actress said that when she received the “Oscar” from the hands of L. Dicaprio, she could not believe that everything was happening for real.

Not afraid to change

Emma Stone is not afraid to experiment with her appearance at work. Throughout the years of acting, viewers have seen her in all kinds of ways – blonde, brunette, brown-haired. And this is far from all transformations. She wore glasses to get into her character in “Boys Like It.” And in “Ghosts of a Girl Past,” she was completely unlike herself.

Changed role successfully

Emma Stone started her career with simple, naïve girl-style roles, and she got roles more in romantic comedies than in any serious projects. In fact, this type suited her very well and she looked natural. But participation in such projects posed a great risk of becoming a hostage of the genre.

And Emma had serious ambitions and talent, and this helped her fully reveal herself as an actress. She starred in such bright and non-standard film works as “Birdman”, “California Dreams” and “Poor Affairs”. Her acquaintance with the famous contemporary director Yorgos Lanthimos had a particularly great influence on Emma Stone’s career. They have already made 5 films together. It all started with “Favorite”, a strange, unusual film, and now they have created the Oscar-winning masterpiece “Poor Affairs” – a surreal film that leaves no one indifferent.

Does not like to give interviews

Although she is very famous, Emma Stone values ​​privacy very much and does not like to let anyone into her world. She does not use social networks and hides her personal life under nine locks. The actress managed to hide her pregnancy for a long time, and the name of the offspring was unknown to the public for a long time. Emma once said that she did not think that social networks could be useful for her. It was always difficult for her to be watched as if through a microscope. Now her life is much easier.

Personal life is a secret

Emma does not like to show her personal life to everyone, and not much is known about this side of her personality. Since 2008 until 2010, she was in a close relationship with her co-star from the movie “The Rocker” Teddy Geiger (Teddy Geiger). After that, she dated another co-star – Andrew Garfield (Andrew Garfield), with whom she filmed “The Amazing Spider-Man” for four years. the romance was serious, the couple was even preparing to get married. How surprised they broke up in 2015. No one knows the reasons why their relationship ended, and even after many years, the actors do not explain anything.

Now Emma Stone is happy because she met true love: 2016. while creating the comic series, Emma met Dave McCary, the author of one of the episodes. At first, they tried their best to hide their relationship. Their first public appearance together was at a baseball game in 2019. The audience then learned that the couple was engaged. The wedding took place in 2020. in September, the ceremony was secret – in full Emma style. in 2021 Emma and Dave have become parents to baby Louisa Jean.

By the way, quite recently the publication “New York Post” published a list of this year’s most stylish celebrities. The first place is the actress Emma Stone, who this year also became an “Oscar” winner for her role in the film “Poor Affairs”.