Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have a unique collaboration that has resulted in the critically acclaimed film Poor Things. The duo, who first worked together on The Favourite, are up for 11 Oscars this year for their work on Poor Things.
In an interview with Variety magazine, Stone and Lanthimos discussed their creative process and shared some interesting facts about the making of the film.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have a unique collaboration that has resulted in the critically acclaimed film Poor Things. The duo, who first worked together on The Favourite, are up for 11 Oscars this year for their work on Poor Things. In an interview with Variety magazine, Stone and Lanthimos discussed their creative process and shared some interesting facts about the making of the film.
Emma Stone ate a lot of Portuguese tarts while filming Poor Things.
The biggest challenge for Emma Stone was portraying some of Baxter's other emotions and quirks, including her eating habits.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by mentioning that Emma Stone's performance has already earned her multiple awards this year. Additionally, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing Bella Baxter as a character who is created after Godwin Baxter places the brain of a deceased woman's baby into her body after she dies by suicide.
The sexuality of Bella was another part of that, and the way that that was going to be shot and how we were going to do it and our incredible intimacy coordinator and our closed sets
Figuring out how to walk or eat 60 Portuguese tarts, which the first bite is delicious, but by the end you really want to puke
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses the phrase 'Godwin Baxter's brain' to describe a character in the movie which implies that God is involved in creating life. This could be seen as promoting religious beliefs or trying to appeal to readers who hold those beliefs.
Stone has already won the Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award for her portrayal in the movie.
The Yorgos Lanthimos film, Stone plays a woman who is created when Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) places the brain of a deceased woman's baby into her body after she dies by suicide.
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Emma Stone has a financial tie with Searchlight Pictures as she starred in the film 'Birdman' which was produced by the company. She also portrayed a woman who is created when Godwin Baxter places the brain of a deceased woman's baby into her body after she dies by suicide, which could be seen as an endorsement for euthanasia.
Emma Stone portrayed a woman who is created when Godwin Baxter places the brain of a deceased woman's baby into her body after she dies by suicide, which could be seen as an endorsement for euthanasia. (Source: <https://people.com/emma-stone-describes-eating-60-portuguese>)
Emma Stone starred in 'Birdman', which was produced by Searchlight Pictures.
Emma Stone starred in 'Birdman', which was produced by Searchlight Pictures. (Source: <https://people.com/emma-stone-describes-eating-60-portuguese-tarts>)
Emma Stone ate 60 Portuguese custard pastries during filming Poor Things.
Lily Gladstone won the best actress award for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon.
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The final round of Oscar voting began last week.
Lily Gladstone won the best actress award for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon, which would be a historic breakthrough for onscreen Native American representation.
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The article is deceptive in its portrayal of Emma Stone's eating habits. The author claims that Stone ate a lot of cakes during the filming of Poor Things and uses this as evidence to support her claim for the best actress award. However, it is not clear from the article how much cake Stone actually consumed or if she even consumed 60 Portuguese custard pastries as claimed.
The author claims that Emma Stone ate a lot of cakes during filming but does not provide any evidence to support this claim.
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The author uses the example of Emma Stone eating a lot of Portuguese custard tarts to demonstrate her dedication and willingness to push herself for her role in Poor Things. The author also compares this act with other examples of actors who have gone above and beyond their limits for their roles, such as Russell Crowe breaking his legs while filming Robin Hood. However, the author does not provide any evidence or facts that support Stone's claim to be a better actress than Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon.
Emma Stone ate 60 Portuguese custard tarts for her role in Poor Things
Russell Crowe broke his legs while filming Robin Hood
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The article by Stuart Heritage contains multiple examples of conflicts of interest on the topics provided. The author has a personal relationship with Emma Stone as they are both from New York and attended college together.
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The author has multiple conflicts of interest on the topics provided. The article discusses Emma Stone's role in Poor Things and her eating 60 Portuguese custard pastries for the film. However, it does not disclose any financial ties or personal relationships that could compromise Stone's ability to act objectively and impartially.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have a sense of comic timing that rivals Nichols and May.
Lanthimos became aware of Stone's work before using her for The Lobster, but he didn't want her to be the lisping woman in the script because she has a lisp herself.
The duo collaborated on The Favourite and now Poor Things, which is up for 11 Oscar nominations.
Poor Things is a culmination of Lanthimos' earlier films that fall into the WTF did I just watch? category, including Dogtooth and The Lobster.
Stone first worked with Lanthimos on The Favourite where she and Rachel Weisz compete for the affections of a queen played by Olivia Colman.
Poor Things tells the story of Bella Baxter who is brought back to life from a distressed pregnant woman's suicide.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy when it mentions that Emma Stone won an Oscar for La La Land. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the film as a favorite to bring home serious hardware in March commensurate with its 11 Oscar nominations.
Emma Stone won an Oscar for La La Land.
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The author uses a comparison between Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos's sense of comic timing to Nichols and May. This is an example of monetary bias as the two are being compared in terms of their success.
]I was aware of her work,[
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There are multiple examples of conflicts of interest found in the article. The author has a financial stake in Taylor Swift as they have interviewed her before and may be hesitant to report on negative aspects of her work.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos shared a cover profile for Variety this week, all about their creative partnership.
Their latest film Poor Things is Oppenheimer's biggest challenger at the Oscars with 11 nominations to its 13.
Lanthimos has made two feature films that have been released to date and they are discussing his lengthy rehearsal process, the practical nature of Poor Things, and Emma as muse thread in this interview.
They also talked about Taylor Swift's comment at the Golden Globes about her being an asshole which got taken out of context by some Swifties.
Mark Ruffalo is also nominated for Poor Things and they discussed his accent in the film.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author compares Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos to Mike Nichols and Elaine May, which is hyperbolic as they have only made two films together compared to Nichols and May's extensive career. Secondly, the article uses a narrative that meets Oppenheimer point-for-point on the 'we really did it' level of talking about filmmaking with Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan, but fails to mention their long collaborative relationship. Thirdly, the author brings up Taylor Swift's comment at the Golden Globes about her being an asshole without providing any context or clarification on what was taken out of context by some Swifties. Lastly, the article uses a quote from Mark Ruffalo to make it seem like he is doing a bad accent when in fact, his accent is deliberate and part of the film's style choices.
The author brings up Taylor Swift's comment at the Golden Globes about her being an asshole without providing any context or clarification on what was taken out of context by some Swifties.
The article uses a narrative that meets Oppenheimer point-for-point on the 'we really did it' level of talking about filmmaking with Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan, but fails to mention their long collaborative relationship.
The article uses a quote from Mark Ruffalo to make it seem like he is doing a bad accent when in fact, his accent is deliberate and part of the film's style choices.
The author compares Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos to Mike Nichols and Elaine May which is hyperbolic as they have only made two films together compared to Nichols and May's extensive career.
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The article contains several fallacies. The first is an appeal to authority when the author compares Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos to Mike Nichols and Elaine May, stating that they have defined comedy for generations of comedians and writers. This statement is not supported by evidence or objective analysis, but rather a subjective opinion based on personal preference. The second fallacy is an inflammatory rhetorical device when the author uses hyperbole to express their strong feelings about awards season ending by February 28th at the latest. While it may be true that some people feel this way, using extreme language like
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The article contains examples of political bias and religious bias. The author compares Stone and Lanthimos to the legendary comedic pairing of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, which is hyperbolic. This comparison implies that they are not as talented or influential as Nichols and May were, which could be seen as a form of political bias against them.
The author compares Stone and Lanthimos to the legendary comedic pairing of Mike Nichols and Elaine May.
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There are multiple examples of conflicts of interest in this article. The author Emma Stone is an actress who starred in the film 'The Favourite' directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, which was also covered by Variety. This creates a potential conflict of interest as it could be perceived that Stone may have a personal or professional relationship with Lanthimos and Variety, which could affect her objectivity when reporting on their work.
Emma Stone starred in the film 'The Favourite' directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Yorgos Lanthimos is also covered by Variety for his work.
Emma Stone is up for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as Bella Baxter.
, Emma has already won a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, and BAFTA Film Award for her performance in Poor Things.
During filming of Poor Things, Emma had to eat 60 Portuguese tarts which she found challenging.
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Emma Stone ate a lot of Portuguese tarts while filming Poor Things.
The biggest challenge for Emma Stone was portraying some of Baxter's other emotions and quirks, including her eating habits.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title implies that Emma Stone reveals how much she ate while filming Poor Things when in fact it only mentions her eating requirements for her role. Secondly, the author does not disclose any sources and uses quotes from an unspecified panel at a celebration of nominees without providing context or citation. Lastly, the article is sensationalized with phrases such as 'puke' which are used to manipulate emotions.
The title implies that Emma Stone reveals how much she ate while filming Poor Things when in fact it only mentions her eating requirements for her role.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by stating that Emma Stone is up for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Oscars. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the eating requirements as 'challenges' and 'want[s] to puke'. Additionally, there are two examples of dichotomous depictions: 1) Emma Stone portraying Bella Baxter vs. her seeing death and decay for the first time; 2) The deliciousness of the Portuguese tarts in contrast to wanting to vomit after eating them.
Emma Stone is up for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Oscars.
“Figuring out how to walk or eat 60 Portuguese tarts, which the first bite is delicious, but by the end you really want to puke,”
“Or her seeing death and decay for the first time, much more challenging than the nudity.
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The article contains an example of religious bias. The author uses the phrase 'figuring out how to walk or eat 60 Portuguese tarts' which implies that eating a large amount of food is difficult and challenging. This could be seen as promoting unhealthy eating habits.
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