Emma Stone

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q147077: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Poor Things, which The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Maniac (1980); Superbad (2007); Easy A (2010); Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011); The Amazing Spider-Man (2012); Gangster Squad (2013); Birdman (2014); Aloha (2015); La La Land (2016); The Favourite (2018); Cruella (2021); Poor Things (2023); Friends with Benefits; The Curse (TV series); The Help; Zombieland.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

101 Dalmatians: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Cruella (2021), which they acted in: 101 Dalmatians ⇒ Cruella (the host's read). Cruella is the origin story of the evil lady from 101 Dalmatians who wants coats from dog fur.
    “Cruella is the origin story of this lady.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:28:52 · Shea Serrano (0.50 sure it was them)

Alasdair Gray: 1 line

  1. lineage (source novel) · through Poor Things (2023), which they acted in: Alasdair Gray ⇒ Poor Things (the host's read). The film is based on the Scottish author's novel, from which Lanthimos took liberties.
    “this is actually based on a novel by Alice Dare Gray, the Scottish author.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:18:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Poor Things (2023), which they acted in: Bride of Frankenstein ⇒ Poor Things (the host's read). Sean says the Frankenstein novel and the first two Frankenstein movies are major influences on Poor Things.
    “the Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein are, like, huge influences on this movie.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:14:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Dogtooth (2009): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel in spirit) · through Poor Things (2023), which they acted in: Dogtooth ⇒ Poor Things (the host's read). Both are about who gets to dictate the rules; Poor Things is described as a sequel to Dogtooth's fathers-and-language themes.
    “It's like the sequel to that movie in some ways because the Godwin character”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:41:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Easy A (2010): 1 line, within their own work

  1. verdict (verdict) · them, directly: Easy A ⇒ Emma Stone (the host's read). Easy A isn't Stone's peak, but she doesn't reach it without this movie.
    “it's not technically her Apex Mountain, but she doesn't get to her Apex Mountain without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:26:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Election (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: Election ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Olive's unbothered, stronger-than-the-bully stance continues the Tracy Flick character through Book Smart's Beanie Feldstein.
    “the Tracy Flick character that we have seen just grow and grow all the way up to like the most recently book smart with Beanie Felsian's character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:56:33 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Easy A (the maker said so). Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: John Hughes ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Easy A is in open dialogue with Hughes: Olive says her life is not a John Hughes movie and the finale has a Hughes montage.
    “But also she, like, literally says in the dialogue, my life isn't a John Hughes movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

One Tree Hill: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: One Tree Hill ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). The webcam broadcasting echoes Peyton on One Tree Hill, so there was a precedent.
    “There's 2 pieces of this movie that have strong callbacks to one Tree Hill.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:47:17 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version) ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). The movie nods to the Scarlet Letter and its puritanical heritage; Olive jokes about watching the Demi Moore version.
    “does its best or at least at times nods to the Scarlet letter and kind of like, you know, the puritanical heritage”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:52:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

The Social Network (2010): 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through Friends with Benefits, which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ Friends with Benefits (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

The Wizard of Oz (1939): 1 line

  1. craft (visual echo) · through Poor Things (2023), which they acted in: The Wizard of Oz ⇒ Poor Things (the host's read). The black-and-white film turns to color once Bella discovers sex in Lisbon.
    “the movie turns to color once she knows about sex. So Wizard of Oz.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:46:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Weird Science (1985): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Superbad (2007), which they acted in: Weird Science ⇒ Superbad (the host's read). Weird Science's ending was 'completely ripped off by super bad'.
    “Uh, really satisfying ending, then just completely ripped off by super bad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:42:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Babylon (2022): 1 line

  1. craft (score reuse) · through La La Land (2016), which they acted in: La La Land ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The Babylon score is said to reappropriate music from La La Land's dream ballet.
    “This is like very much from the dream ballet of La Land, this music and the score.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:57:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Emma Stone: 1 line, within their own work

  1. verdict (verdict) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: Easy A ⇒ Emma Stone (the host's read). Easy A isn't Stone's peak, but she doesn't reach it without this movie.
    “it's not technically her Apex Mountain, but she doesn't get to her Apex Mountain without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:26:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Weird Science (1985): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Superbad (2007), which they acted in: Superbad ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). Weird Science may be the biggest influence on Superbad.
    “Like, I feel like, I don't know which was the biggest influence on Superbad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:07:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (31) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career): Kathleen Turner → Emma Stone. Turner is compared to Emma Stone: weird chances, and you are prepared for anything from her.
    “the way I would compare her to somebody now would probably be, like with less Oscars, but like kind of Emma Stone”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:10:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Emma Stone → Poor Things. In Poor Things Emma Stone is like Kathleen Turner and Julia Roberts combined, with sexual content in a funny tone.
    “But she's sort of like Kathleen Turner and Julia Roberts combined.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:11:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Emma Stone → Cameron Diaz. Stone's arrival feels like Diaz after The Mask: a beautiful leading woman who is extremely funny.
    “kind of reminds me of, um, Cameron Diaz when she hit the scene with like the mask”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:04:25 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Emma Stone → Zombieland. Stone's screen time grew from Superbad to a core part in Zombieland, then the whole movie in Easy A.
    “getting more and more screen time every time up until zombieland where she's got like one of the core parts, but not the core part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:44:54 · Shea Serrano (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Emma Stone → Birdman. Easy A through Birdman was an impressive run before Aloha halted it.
    “I think EZA through Birdman was like a pretty impressive run for a young actress.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:31:04 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Emma Stone → Cruella. Sean and Amanda both love Emma Stone and wish for more for her than a dogskin-obsessed villain origin story.
    “I want more for Emma Stone.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:04:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Emma Stone → La La Land. Stone's performative quality works in Easy A's numbers and webcam and also in La La Land.
    “I mean, it also works in La La Land.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:07:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Emma Stone → Crazy, Stupid, Love. In Crazy, Stupid, Love she's overwhelmed into speechlessness by Ryan Gosling and gets the Dirty Dancing lift.
    “Emma Stone is all of us in that movie and then at the end gets to do the dirty dancing lift.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:30:18 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (collaboration pair): Emma Stone → Yorgos Lanthimos. Their partnership (two features, a short, a third coming) is likened to Scorsese and De Niro.
    “This is like a Scorsese De Niro thing that is happening.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:33:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Emma Stone → Cruella. Stone's next move after the La La Land Oscar was Cruella, as in an evil Stone origin story from 101 Dalmatians.
    “Hey, do you want to see a movie where Emma Stone is evil?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:29:06 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (performer comparison): Margot Robbie → Emma Stone. Robbie and Stone are called similar in being willing to look ridiculous and vulnerable, unlike earlier female stars.
    “I think they're both willing to kind of make themselves ridiculous in a way that a lot of female stars of the past would not.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:40:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Easy A → Emma Stone. Easy A isn't Stone's peak, but she doesn't reach it without this movie.
    “it's not technically her Apex Mountain, but she doesn't get to her Apex Mountain without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:26:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Emma Stone → La La Land. Not Easy A but La La Land is Stone's Apex Mountain, once she wins the Oscar.
    “It's got to be La La Land, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:27:50 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Ryan Gosling → Emma Stone. Gosling and Stone could have had a Douglas-and-Turner-style run of movies.
    “Do this particular, it would be just have a run where they do like 7 movies together?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:36:29 · unknown (0.20 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Emma Stone → Babylon. Emma Stone was originally cast in the role Margot Robbie plays.
    “Yeah, it's a, it's a, so Emma Stone was supposed to play, uh, The Margot Robbie role.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:39:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Emma Stone: Stone's Oscar win for La La Land was overshadowed within minutes by the Moonlight envelope mix-up.
    “she wins the Oscar for La La Land, and then literally the next award is the Moonlight Lala Land debacle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:27:58 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)