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Eric Eisenberg

I Knew Emma Stone Shaved Her Head For Bugonia, But I Had No Idea It Was Part Of A Pact

Emma Stone bald and handcuffed with white cream all over her face and head in Bugonia.

I have been personally shaving my head for a few years, and while I'm now completely used to the process, it took me a long time to build up the nerve to do it. Even after sporting a buzz cut for a while, I couldn't be totally sure what it would look like with my hair totally gone – either in terms of my skull shape or with my scalp. This in mind, I love the revelation that Emma Stone wasn't alone in chopping off all her hair for the making of Bugonia, as doing so was part of a solidarity pact that she made with director Yorgos Lanthimos.

In an interview with People about the making of the new science-fiction thriller/dark comedy, Emma Stone spoke about the conditions she put on the table when it came to the discussion of her shaving her head, and part of the deal was that she wouldn't be alone in losing her locks. If the two-time Academy Award winner was going to expose her scalp to the world, she wanted her director and frequent collaborator to do it also. She explained,

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