Emma Stone has vowed to “never make jokes about Taylor Swift again” after the actress called the musician an asshole for loudly applauding her Golden Globes win.
The 35-year-old Oscar winner made the joke in the press room at the awards show, where she was asked for her opinion of Taylor, 34, and loudly cheered her success.
Emma replied: “What an asshole, am I right?” “I've known her for almost 20 years and was very glad she was there.”
Now Emma has said she “definitely won’t make a joke like that again” after it was “taken out of context”.
“What an idiot,” she said of herself in a joint cover interview with her “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos for Variety, published Wednesday.
Emma Stone vowed to “never joke about Taylor Swift again” in an interview with Variety on Wednesday after the actress called the musician an asshole for loudly applauding her Golden Globes win (pictured)
The 35-year-old Oscar winner made the joke in the press room at the awards show, where she was asked for her opinion of Taylor, 34, and loudly cheered her success
Taylor and Emma's alliance dates back to a meeting in 2008 at the Young Hollywood Awards. “Since then we've just stayed in touch and become good friends,” Emma revealed in January.
Both were young stars at the time – Emma had starred in the high school comedy Superbad the year before, and Taylor had had success with her first, self-titled album, but wasn't yet the all-powerful cultural juggernaut she is today.
Their friendship deepened as both women became more famous and successful. For several years they lived near New York and were sometimes seen going out to dinner or nightclubs together.
It is believed that Emma, along with her former long-term boyfriend, the handsome British actor Joe Alwyn, who was Emma's co-star in The Favourite, helped play cupid for Swift – although the actress was always too discreet and was too loyal to confirm these reports.
Taylor is also believed to have written the song “When Emma Falls In Love” about her pal, who is now married to comedy writer Dave McCary. On stage recently, Taylor shared that the song was about “one” of her “best friends.” (Asked about the song, Emma says only Taylor can answer who it's about.)
Both women value not only their dry sense of humor, but also their privacy, despite living in the glare of world fame.
In 2018, Emma said, “I think friendship is pretty much everything.” Here's another thing I noticed about turning 30: You choose your family. You realize that your friendships, the people that are with you in these next phases of your life – you choose your family.” She added, “Loyalty is huge.”
Emma won Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes for her role in the historical fantasy series Poor Things and has since picked up awards at the BAFTAs and Critics Choice Awards.
Emma looked incredible in her gold dress that evening
Emma, 35, has been close friends with Taylor Swift, 34, for more than 15 years. (Pictured together at the New York premiere of Poor Things)
Taylor and Emma's alliance dates back to a meeting in 2008 at the Young Hollywood Awards (seen together at the premiere of “Easy A” in 2010).
Emma and Taylor's friendship deepened as both women became more famous and successful (seen together in 2011).
She starred in the Oscar-nominated film, based on Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel of the same name, which also starred Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and Willem Dafoe.
Emma, who is currently in talks to collaborate with the filmmaker for the fourth time, detailed her fears in her and Yorgos' Variety interview.
“I felt like I let her and Yorgos down in the first week.” It was just difficult. “I could talk to him about it,” she said.
Emma went on to explain that she had a clear idea of how she would portray Baxter and felt like she wasn't living up to her own standards.
“I think because I had lived with her in my mind for so long and was so in love with Bella, I was afraid that I wouldn't do her justice as a character,” she recalls.
However, the Cruella star noted that she was able to express her concerns to Lanthimos, with whom she worked on the 2018 feature film “The Favourite,” and that his working style helped her regain her confidence.
She explained: “I was able to talk to Yorgos about it and we were able to figure it out as we went along. “And because it's a safe environment, it doesn't feel rushed.”
The Oscar-winning actress then shared what attracted her to the role of Baxter, a young woman whose brain was replaced by that of her unborn child after a suicide attempt.
She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in “Poor Things.”
Emma won Best Performance by a Female Actress in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes for her role in the historical fantasy series Poor Things and has since picked up awards at the BAFTAs (pictured) and Critics Choice Awards
“I think that's why I was so crazy about her. “It's about the idea of not living with that self-judgment or shame, as you say, or the social contracts that you make as a child when you grow up,” she said.
Emma went on to talk about her close working relationship with Lanthimos, 50, and shared how he chose his cast based on their personalities.
“Yorgos feels like a big part of his process of working with people or putting people in his films has to do with who they are as a person. “It's not just performance based.”
The filmmaker also recalled planning “weeks and weeks of just playing games, laughing and feeling good” to build a good rapport between the cast before filming began.
“Poor Things” premiered during the 80th Venice International Film Festival and was released in theaters in the United States in December last year.
The film was very successful both critically and commercially and currently has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Poor Things” was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Picture category, while “Stone and Lanthimos” was nominated in the Best Actress and Best Director categories.
The feature film received a total of eleven Oscar nominations in various categories, including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design.