Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone attend the ‘Kinds of Kindness’ press conference ahead of the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2024.
Stéphane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesEmma Stone She is proud to go by her birth name, Emily.
Stone, 35, was enthusiastically greeted by her real name when she spoke at the Festival de Cannes on Saturday, May 18. Press conference for his new movie Types of kindness.
A reporter from Kazakhstan 98 magazine The film’s director Yorgos Lanthimos addressed her as “Emily”, before attempting to correct the journalist and explaining that her surname was “Emma”.
However, Stone informed Lanthimos, 50, that the reporter had everything correct.
“My name is Emily, thank you,” the Oscar-winning actress said with a laugh. “Very good.”
The reporter then resumed asking his questions about Stone’s acting. types of kindness, Who Debut in Cannes A day earlier on Friday, May 17.
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Willem Dafoe, Emma Stone, Yorgos Lanthimos and Jesse Plemons attend the ‘Kinds of Kindness’ red carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2024.
Stéphane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesStone, who reunites with Lanthimos types of kindness After their collaboration in 2023 poor things, she was named Emily at birth. When she started acting she changed it to Emma because Emily Stone was already working for SAG-AFTRA. emma was chosen as consent emma bunton, his favorite member Of Spice Girls.
“Growing up, I was super blonde, and my real name is Emily, but I wanted to be called Emma because of Baby Spice and guess what? Now I am, Stone previously said during a 2018 appearance The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, “It wasn’t necessarily because of her, but yes, in second grade, did I go up to the teacher on the first day and ask her to call me Emma? Yes, I did, and was it because of Emma Lee Bunton of the Spice Girls? Yeah it was.”
Stone has visited Emma throughout her professional career, most recently as she wanted to make a change to her roots.
“When I find out [individuals]people i work with [call me Emily], He said hollywood reporter in april After that curse co-star nathan fielder Noted that he calls her by her given name. “It is just because my name was taken. Then, a few years ago I panicked.
Stone continued, “For some reason, I was like, ‘I can’t do this anymore. Just call me Emily.’ “Nathan calls me M, which is easier.”
Stone further said that if a fan calls her Emily while asking for a selfie or autograph, she will not correct them.
“This would be nice,” he thought. “I’d like to be Emily.”
Fielder, 41, then joked that he plans to call her Emma, Emily or M.
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