Emma Stone is an Oscar-winning actress known for her versatility as an actress. Not only can she move across genres with ease, but the talented actress’ charismatic presence is enough to make any role iconic. Be it her role as Gwen Stacy or her role as Disney’s Cruella, she definitely knows how to keep her audience engaged.
But despite her talent, the actress had to give auditions as an amateur for many years. In one of her weirdest but favorite auditions, the actress had to do some weird things to get the role.
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Emma Stone’s weirdest auditions
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Emma Stone is exceptional, to say the least. Having starred in several award-winning films and acclaimed roles, the actress has had her fair share of strange experiences. Back in 2018, the actress starred in an equally unconventional film directed by eccentric director Yorgos Lanthimos. Favorite.
The film is best known for being a little weird, thanks to Lanthimos’ unique vision of offbeat humor, unconventional storytelling, and controversial characters. However, the film received critical acclaim for its vision and distinctive storytelling, exploring themes such as relationships, power and intimacy in an unconventional setting.
The film, starring actors like Rachel Weisz, helped reveal Emma Stone’s acting genius and talent. However, the actress and all the other stars had to go through a strange audition process for their roles. During the film’s press conference (via USA Today), the actress opened up about the audition process.
“I auditioned for the role of Yorgos, he made me breathe heavily, as if I was giving birth in all the lines.”
Even though her character was not pregnant, she had to pretend to be pregnant during the audition. It makes you wonder why Lanthimos wanted her to act the way Stone pointed out.
“I think he just does this to everyone.”
Which he certainly does, as other actors have had strange but funny experiences during auditions and then during filming.
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Rachel Weisz on working with Yorgos Lanthimos
Not only is he a quirky storyteller and a very unconventional director, but even on set, Yorgos Lanthimos is known to be somewhat eccentric, but only in a good way. In fact, it is his unconventional methods that make his films what they are: unconventional but exciting, unique but intriguing, distinctive but aesthetic.
Rachel Weisz, who worked with Lanthimos in Lobster also noted what it was like to be on set and work with him (via The New York Times),
“If you asked me later what just happened, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. And in fact, what makes the two films I’ve done different from other films is that I’m completely surprised by what I’ve done. Usually when you shoot you have a sense of what you’ve done, but with Yorgos you don’t have any sense. If that makes sense.”
And this is exactly what sets Yorgos Lanthimos apart from the rest.
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Source: USA Today and The New York Times.