Emma Stone explained the reason why she decided to adopt a stage name instead of using her real name in her acting career. Although few know her true identity, the reason for this change turns out to be simpler than many might imagine.
The 2024 Oscar winner said she actually prefers her original name: Emily Jean Stone. However, she chose to be called “Emma” due to practical reasons, as she explained during an interview with The New York Post.
The protagonist of Poor Things revealed that this variation was due to the fact that her birth name was already registered by another actress in the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). This fact led her to adopt “Emma” as her professional name to avoid confusion in the industry.
“Then I felt weird a couple of years ago, for some reason, and I thought ‘I can’t do this anymore. Just call me Emily,'” she says.
“I would like fans to call me Emily”
The actress mentioned that, although most know her as Emma, her close coworkers often call her by her real name. “When I meet them, the people I work with do,” she adds.
Asked if she would like her fans to call her by her real name, she responded: “That would be very nice. I would like to be Emily.”
Emma Stone will shoot a new film with the director of Poor Things
Emma Stone has surprised with her role as Bella Baxter in the dark comedy film Poor Things. The 35-year-old actress won the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical, and she won the BAFTA award in the best actress category in London. Also, she won the Oscar 2024 in the same category, obtaining his second statuette in his career after La La Land.
Regarding these achievements, the filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, director of Poor Things, He already plans to include Stone in a new film adaptation.
According to information from Variety, Emma Stone “he is in talks to meet” with Yorgos Lanthimos and be able to join the new South Korean fantasy comedy Save the Green Planetthis being the sixth collaboration between the two.
In addition, the American portal specifies that filming could begin next year in the United Kingdom and New York.
