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Actress Emma Stone has made waves this year with her Oscar-nominated performance in the dark comedyPoor Things. The actress was universally lauded for her performance as Bella Baxter in the period comedy which also starred Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, and Ramy Youssef. The film was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, who collaborated with Stone again afterThe Favorite.
Emma Stone has been nominated thrice before, winning Best Actress once forLa La Land. This time, Stone shares the nominations with actresses such as Lily Gladstone, Sandra Huller, Carey Mulligan, and Annette Bening. Despite her worldwide stardom, theEasy Astar is reportedly not the richest actress in the nominations. That post reportedly goes to veteran actress Annette Bening, who is nominated for her role inNyad.
Emma Stone Is Not The Richest Actress In This Year’s Best Actress Oscar Nominees
Emma Stonehas been having a dream run this year with her performance as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedyPoor Things. Based on the novel of the same name, the film also starred Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley, and more. The star-studded film has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress among others.
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The film was Stone’s second Best Actress nomination, with her first being forLa La Land. The actress has grown so much as an artist and as a celebrity since then. According toCelebrity Net Worth, Emma Stone has a whopping $40 million as her net worth from her film salaries and brand endorsements. The actress was once the highest-paid actress in the world. Stone was also a producer of the film.
However, despite her terrific earrings, Emma Stone was not the richest nominee on the 2024 Oscars list. The actress was reportedly beaten by veteran actress Annette Bening, who was nominated for her role in the dramaNyad. The actress was known for her work in films such asAmerican Beauty, The Grifters,andBeing Julia. She also had a flourishing TV and stage career.
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According toCelebrity Net Worth, Annette Bening was worth $70 million, making her the richest actress in 2024’s Oscar nominee list for Best Actress. Bening competed with Emma Stone, Sandra Huller, Carey Mulligan, and Lily Gladstone in the category. While Carey Mulligan came third place in the net worth rankings, the gap between Stone and Mulligan was huge as the latter was worth $12 million (viaCelebrity Net Worth).
Emma Stone Prepared ForPoor ThingsExtensively
Emma Stone reportedly got to know aboutPoor Thingswhen she was working with director Yorgos Lanthimos on the filmThe Favorite. The actress mentioned that playing Bella Baxter was the simplest character she had ever played. Baxter is a woman who is resurrected after a brain transplant and goes on a journey of self-discovery.
Stone mentioned that she had to unlearn a lot of her experiences and events to be able to play the character, who has received a new lease on life. She said in an interview withBackstagethat Bella was a character without much of a backstory as she had been resurrected and had no experiences. She said,
“[My prep work began by] stripping away as much as possible—taking away shame, taking away self-judgment and judgment of the outer world, and just remaining completely open. To actually live in that…means you really can’t have this self-criticism that’s just normal for anyone to have.”
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The actress revealed that director Yorgos Lanthimos got the cast comfortable with each other and loosened up by making them play a bunch of theater games. She mentioned that there were three weeks of rehearsals which gave her the confidence to play the character. Lanthimos reportedly also had a lot of ‘fake camera tests’ to conclude the rehearsals.
“The purpose that [rehearsing] serves—and it really does this well—is to make us all feel very, very close. Like, there is no embarrassment around each other, and we can almost be like a theater company.”
Yorgos Lanthimos’ intense preparation seemed to have worked for Emma Stone as she received her second Best Actress Oscar nomination.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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