The actress stunned at a photocall for the Irrational Man, flashing her endless legs in a revealing lace black dress – but she didn’t anticipate the wind picking up. Struggling to remain upright, the star battled to keep her hair in place as she laughed off the conditions and recovered well. But the overall outfit did her every favour, as she appeared slimmer than ever in the revealing lace material.
Tying her hair back, Emma was all smiles for the cameras as she took the limelight from every other guest. The flame-haired beauty was forced to hold her dress down in the wind but she laughed throughout, clearly in her element in the sunny location. She joins a stunning Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who’s also had an unfortunate run-in with the weather while there.
But don’t expect to see any selfies from the red carpet this year though, as festival director Thierry Fremaux has laid down the law and made his feelings known. “You never look as ugly as you do in a selfie, Fremaux said when explaining the “ban” to The Hollywood Reporter, calling it “ridiculous and grotesque”. We dont want to prohibit it, but we want to slow down the process of selfies on the steps, he also added. We’re sure if Kim Kardashian makes an appearance the rules will somehow be bended.
Emily Jean “Emma” Stone is an American actress and producer. Stone was a cast member of the television series Drive, and made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad.
She appeared in The House Bunny and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past . She then starred in the horror-comedy Zombieland and the indie comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone voiced the character Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.
In 2011, she starred in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love. and The Help, both of which were well received by critics and commercial successes. In July 2012, Stone played Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot of the Spider-Man film series.
Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Krista, a homemaker, and Jeff Stone, a contractor. She has a brother Spencer, who is two years younger. Stone’s paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, and his family’s surname was anglicized to “Stone” when immigrating to the U.S. through Ellis Island; some of her ancestors also lived in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
While growing up, she was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona, where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11.Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was homeschooled for two years, during which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, The Wiz, Titanic, Honk!, The Little Mermaid, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Alice in Wonderland, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and performed with the theater’s improve comedy troupe.
Stone attended Xavier College Preparatory,an all-girl Catholic high school, as a freshman for one semester. She gave a PowerPoint presentation to her parents, set to the Madonna song “Hollywood”, to convince them to let her move to California for an acting career. She dropped out of high school, and in January 2004, moved with her mother to a Los Angeles apartment, at the age of 15. She was then home schooled, so that she could audition during the day.
Stone joined the voice cast of The Croods, a 3D computer animated caveman comedy by DreamWorks Animation. She will voice the role of Eep, the oldest daughter of Grug (Nicolas Cage) and Ugga (Catherine Keener). Ryan Reynolds voices Gy, the love interest to Stone’s character. The film is scheduled for release on March 22, 2013.
She stars in the comedic short film, “Veronica,” alongside Kieran Culkin, directed by Griffin Dunne. The short is a comedy segment that is part of the anthology film, Movie 43, featuring Kate Winslet, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, and others. The feature-film was produced by the Farrelly brothers and directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill and Steve Carr.
Stone starred as the female lead opposite Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, of the Spider-Man film series. She played Gwen Stacy, the seventeen-year-old love interest of Peter Parker. Marc Webb directed the film, which was released on July 3, 2012. The film went into production in December 2010, lasting through April 2011. Stone was considered for the lead in a reboot of 21 Jump Street, alongside Superbad co-star Jonah Hill. She did not take the role however, after signing on to Spider-Man.
Stone joined the cast of Gangster Squad, a film by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. She will be reunited with Ryan Gosling in the ensemble crime drama, which also stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Peña. Stone plays Grace, a femme fatale caught in a love triangle with Gosling and Penn’s characters, mobster Mickey Cohen. The film is due for release on January 11, 2013 in North America.
Stone will be reunited with writer and director Will Gluck, starring in and executive producing an untitled comedy for Screen Gems.The film studio has given Gluck and Stone full discretion in developing a new project, after the success of Easy A. She will star and executive produce Little White Corvette, a comedy about a pair of would-be drug dealing siblings, written by Michael Diliberti. Stone will film the project in Miami in mid 2012. Stone voiced a supporting role in the crime-based video game, Sleeping Dogs.
In July 2012, Stone signed on to star in an untitled love story feature from Academy Award winner Cameron Crowe, for Sony Pictures.Although predominantly known as a redhead, Stone is naturally a blonde. She landed her first role as a teenager after dyeing her hair dark brown. Film producer Judd Apatow had her change from a brunette to a redhead for her role in Superbad. She returned to blonde for her role in The Amazing Spider-Man.
In 2011, Stone began dating actor Andrew Garfield after meeting him on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man. Stone’s low-pitched husky voice is a result of having baby colic, a condition of constant screaming as an infant, resulting in the development of nodules. She has calluses on her vocal cords as an adult.
Stone chose the name “Emma” when she registered for the Screen Actors Guild as the name “Emily Stone” was already taken. Her family and friends call her Emily. She first chose Riley Stone as her professional name, but after a guest appearance on Malcolm in the Middle, she decided she was more comfortable with Emma, a nickname her mother had given her. Stone moved from Los Angeles to Greenwich Village, New York City in 2009.