Emma Stone just pulled off a radical new look for her latest role. The 36-year-old Oscar winner shaved her head to star in the film Bugonia, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
The trailer, which dropped on Thursday, August 28, features Stone as pharmacy CEO Michelle Fuller. She is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorists who are convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
The trailer shows Stone as Fuller, who is seen commuting to work from her home. A voiceover states, "They want you to think it's you, that it's you who made this world. But it's always been them," as Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe” plays in the background.
The dialogue continues, "All we've lost... All this been done to us... We're setting that right again." Then, in a flash, Stone is knocked out outside her home and taken to the “headquarters of the Human Resistance,” where her head is shaved as a way to prevent her from “contacting” her mother ship.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Bugonia was inspired by the 2003 Korean sci-fi film Save The Green Planet! from director Jang Joon-hwan.
Stone and Lanthimos are no strangers to teaming up — Bugonia is their fourth project together after The Favourite, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness.
The Easy A star's last collaboration with Lanthimos resulted in her second Oscar win for Best Actress. She took home a golden statuette for playing Bella Baxter in Poor Things. “I think I blacked out," Stone said after accepting her award. "Yes, I was very shocked. I still feel like I’m spinning a little bit.”
Stone has won two Best Actress trophies in total. Her first acting award came in 2017 for her role in the romantic musical La La Land.