Overview
- In a new PEOPLE interview, Stone says she wore a beanie for three months to keep her shaved head under wraps and preserve a surprise for audiences.
- She modeled the reveal on the secrecy around her look in Poor Things, saying it is more impactful when a character’s appearance is discovered later.
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos said the on-camera shave had to be captured once with four cameras on VistaVision, and Stone acknowledged she briefly got cold feet.
- Stone described the transformation as freeing and cited perspective from her mother Krista’s chemotherapy-related hair loss.
- To avoid public spoilers, she used wigs at events, including the A Real Pain premiere, and later appeared with a grown-out pixie; Bugonia opened in select theaters Oct. 24 and expands nationwide Oct. 31.