IN her second win in seven years, Emma Stone took home the best actress award for “Poor Things.”
“The other night, I panicked, as you can see, it often happens — that maybe something like this could happen and Yorgos [Lanthimos] said to me, please get yourself out of it,” Stone said in his acceptance speech.
“And he’s right, because this isn’t about me. This is about a team coming together to make something greater than its sum of parts.”
After acknowledging all the cast and crew members of “Poor Things,” Stone singled out director Yorgos Lanthimos, saying, “Thank you for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter.”
Stone previously won the lead actress Oscar for 2017’s “La La Land.” She also received Oscar nominations in the supporting actress category for “Birdman” and “The Favorite,” her first collaboration with Lanthimos. In total, Stone has received five Oscar nominations, four in acting categories and one for best producer for “Poor Things.”
Stone leads “Poor Things” as Bella Baxter, a depressed pregnant woman who commits suicide and is resurrected with the brain of her unborn fetus. As Bella, Stone mimics the phases of growing up — from the most primitive stage to full maturity. She also took home best actress awards at this year’s Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Critics Choice Awards.
Stone spoke to Variety during a cover interview in February about Bella’s significance as a character: “It’s this idea of not living with self-judgment or shame… or the social contracts that you make as a child growing up. And part of the nature of anxiety is You’re always looking out for yourself. In some ways — this is terrible to say — it’s a very selfish state to have. Not to insult other people with anxiety — I still have that — but it’s because you think about yourself a lot. You think about, ‘What will happen to me? What have I said? What have I done?’ Whereas Bella’s approach to the world, it’s just about experience. It’s just about how she feels about things.”
She won Oscars over Lily Gladstone for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Annette Bening for “Nyad,” Carey Mulligan for “Maestro,” and Sandra Hüller for “Anatomy of a Fall.” (Variety/Z-3)
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