Emma Stone – Poor Creatures: “Bella is the character that made me the happiest”

After winning the Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Comedy, Emma Stone declares all her love for her character.

On his visit to the City of Lights, Emma Stone Talked about her latest incarnation, the fantastic Bella Baxter in Poor creatures. The girl is the fruit of long-term work by Dr. Godwin Baxter (William Defoe), a deranged mad scientist as he also served as an experiment.

Since the Venice Film Festival, the actress’ performance has been buzzing. After a Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress for the role, Emma Stone The experience was to be seen Lanthimos

, which she repeats a third time. The actress participated in the exercise by answering reporters’ questions about this latest experiment. Here are his best comments during the film’s Parisian press conference.

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“This is actually the third time we’ve worked together, we’ve made a short film in between (Bleet), She recalled about the first Greek filmmaker. I think what made the difference was that we knew each other more. He told me this idea for the film only after shooting favorite We talked about it for a while and became friends during that time.“

The lanthimos effect

It was only natural for the actress to renew her collaboration with him Yorgos LanthimosWith which she claims artistic consistency in method:

“We get along very well, we understand each other, we don’t need to talk. He doesn’t like to intellectualize, which is great because I don’t either. He is very practical, physical and very open to experimenting with new things. I am very receptive to that.“

Finding Bella Baxter’s Beat

The actress then discussed the gestures and movements she adopted to bring Bella Baxter to life and vibrate as she begins her first moments as a baby. Gradually, she opens up to the pleasures of life: sex, food and especially dancing.

“Yorgos And I worked on the movement of different stages of his life. There were many experiments, she starts as a child, but at the same time she is nothing. (…)

We had to make discovery games to get Bella moving. It’s not based on a true story so I couldn’t copy. It was just attempts, make or break. We did a lot of preparation for the dance scene with Mark (Ruffalo). Choreographer of favorite, came and we started this funny research, namely: How can Bella dance? There is a form of freedom that emerges. It’s a struggle, Duncan Wedderburn holds Bella back by holding her back, but at the same time he struggles to show the influence Bella has on him… It took a long time to prepare, it took us months, so when it was finished When it was gone we opened the champagne.“

Costumes and sets in keeping with the Baxter revolution

Emma Stone Bella encounters almost dreamlike environments she finds herself in throughout her journey. The young creature ventures into atypical, apocalyptic, snowy or even beautiful regions… it sometimes resembles a costume.Bubble wrap

“(According to her interpreter) that Bella Baxter represents her evolution as a woman.

“Seeing the world through Bella’s eyes made things easier. I was seeing the world (settings) from Bella’s point of view – there was so much detail. It was very creative. I think all artists have experienced such things. What they have done is amazing. The artistic team was very talented. Yorgos Very attentive to details, too! A month before the shooting, we did the fitting and Yorgos And I wanted to work on shapes and colors. As Bella travels, she dresses herself, her outfits becoming more and more mature. Her clothes are informative and tell a lot about her development and location.“

As a conclusion, Emma Stone Gave a touching statement about his career. Bella Baxter seems to have branded the young woman for the better:

“Bella is the character that gave me the most joy.” said the actress.

Poor creatures was released on January 17, 2024 in theaters. Here is its trailer:

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