Emma Stone has revealed how she and director Yorgos Lanthimos obtained Jennifer Aniston’s permission to use her likeness in their film. Bugonia.
In the film, Stone plays a pharmaceutical CEO who is kidnapped by conspiracy theorists (Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) who believe she is an alien trying to destroy the planet.
When Plemons and Delbis enter the character’s house to kidnap her, they wear masks of Aniston’s face, which they then burn.
He poor things The actress revealed that Yorgos is a Friends The fan and the masks were his idea.
“He’s a big Friends fan,” she said. People. “It really is!”
“Yorgos and I emailed her to ask her permission and make sure she knew what was going to happen, and she’s amazing,” he said. The The Earth shared star. “She was like, ‘Go ahead. Yes,’ she was very supportive. But I don’t think she’s seen it yet, so I hope she still feels that way.”
Plemons, however, wasn’t very comfortable with the masks and said it took him “a little while to recover.”
“Now I can’t imagine anything else,” he shared. “Seeing Jennifer Aniston’s mask, seeing her face burn in the fire in that sequence over and over and over again…”
Bugonia It is currently in select theaters and will receive a wider release on October 31.
