Lawrence: ‘I Really Didn’t Want’ Emma Stone Shaving Her Hair Off for ‘Bugonia’: ‘I Had Already Lived Through’ Her ‘Billie Jean King Haircut’
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence admitted to Vogue as part of Emma Stone‘s new cover story that she originally argued against Stone shaving all her hair off for Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming Bugonia.
This reimagining of the 2003 South Korean film “Save the Green Planet!” casts Stone as a pharmaceutical CEO who gets kidnapped by a pair of conspiracy theorists (Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) convinced she is an alien set on destroying Earth.
“I really didn’t want her to shave her head,” Lawrence said about her two-time Oscar-winning friend. “I had already lived through the Billie Jean King haircut.”
For Bugonia, Stone channeled her inner Natalie Portman in “V for Vendetta” and shaved her hair off on camera while filming a scene for the dark comedy in the back of a Range Rover. The actor broke down in tears in her trailer before shooting the shaving scene, as it reminded her of when her mother, Krista, battled breast cancer. As Stone put it: “She actually did something brave. I’m just shaving my head.”
The final result also had Lawrence admitting she was wrong, too. As Lawrence told Vogue: “Honestly, she looked beautiful. She pulled it off.” Even Stone’s mom reacted by telling her daughter: “I’m so jealous. I want to shave my head again.”
“The more challenging it gets, the more I like it,” Stone added about her acting career. “If you’re not growing or pushing yourself to different places—and I feel it’s the same for most people in almost any job—you get stagnant.”
“In true Emily form, as soon as we got offstage and ran into the bathroom to scream and cry,” Lawrence said about the moment, “I whispered, ‘Two-time best-actress winner,’ and she replied, ‘I feel like that’s bad, though.’”
“Bugonia” is set to world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Fest before releasing in theaters Oct. 24 from Focus Features.
Head over to Vogue’s website to read Stone’s cover in its entirety.
