Emma Stone is growing up in her next movie role.
On Thursday, Searchlight Pictures released the official trailer for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ next movie. Poor ThingsIt stars 34-year-old Stone as a woman named Bella Baxter, who is resurrected from the dead by a scientist played by Willem Dafoe.
As Dafoe’s character says in the trailer, Bella’s “brain and body aren’t exactly in sync,” which leads to some interesting moments as she learns to blink awkwardly and dance around.
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Dafoe’s scientist describes the reborn woman as “moving at a fast pace,” which seems to quickly spark Bella’s desire to seek freedom and explore the world.
In a trailer full of weird footage – Dafoe’s character’s “experiments” also seem to include a duck with a French bulldog’s head and a duck-headed dog, with Bella kissing a character played by Mark Ruffalo who appears to be chasing him. It is then shown that Bella slaps him and calls his name from the street before leaving the character almost speechless.
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An official synopsis of the film calls the film “the incredible story and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe).
Bella proves to be “eager to learn” under the scientist’s watch, but soon escapes on an intercontinental whirlwind adventure with “the lithe and depraved lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Ruffalo). Freed from the prejudices of her time, Bella grows determined to aim for equality and freedom. stop.”
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In addition to Stone, Dafoe and Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef (Ramie), comedians Jerrod Carmichael and Christopher Abbott (Shelter).
Lanthimos’ last feature film, 2018s FavoriteHe also played Stone and received 10 Oscar nominations. Olivia Colman won Best Actress for her role that year. FavoriteStone was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Produced by Stone, Poor Things, seems to have developed a close collaborative relationship with filmmaker Lanthimos. Both Stone and heFavorite cast mate Joe Alwyn and 67-year-old Dafoe are also working together on the producer’s next film. AND.
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In May 2022, Stone told reporters in Athens that it was a “great gift” to work with Lanthimos after appearing in his 30-minute short film. bleatingpublished last year.
“I don’t know if it was the hardest project I’ve ever done, but it was definitely a challenge,” Stone said at a press conference at the time. “I could talk for hours about what I love about working with Yorgos.”
The upcoming movie was written by Tony McNamara, who wrote both. Favorite and Stone’s 2021 Disney movie Cruella.
Poor Things In theaters September 8th.