Emma Stone Describes Eating ’60 Portuguese Tarts’ While Filming Poor Things: ‘By the End You Really Want to Puke’

Emma Stone opens up about some of the more interesting challenges of filming in 2023 Poor people.

The Academy Award winner — who earned another best actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Bella Baxter in the film — sat on a panel at Saturday’s Best Theatrical Producer nominations celebration in Los Angeles. During the interview, she described the nutritional difficulties she faced during filming Poor people.

When asked if it was difficult to play an “explicitly sexual character”, Stone (35) explained that “it wasn’t”.

“Bella’s sexuality was another part of it, and how we were going to shoot it and how we were going to do it and our amazing intimacy coordinator and our closed sets and all of that. In a way, that was the easiest part because it was the choreography “, Stone revealed about her character during a conversation at the Skirball Cultural Center.

“That was quick. We knew exactly what we were doing,” she added.

The bigger challenge, Stone revealed, was portraying some of Baxter’s other emotions and quirks — including the character’s eating habits.

“Figure out how to walk or eat 60 Portuguese cakes, the first bite of which is great, but by the end you really want to throw up,” she continued. “Or seeing death and decay for the first time, much more challenging than nudity, which is the only thing people seem to want to ask me about.”

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Emma Stone attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation talks in January 2024.

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In 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 in her body after she dies by suicide.

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Stone’s performance has already won her multiple awards this year, including the lead actress trophy at the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards last weekend. The actress saluted her loved ones during her acceptance speech, especially her mother, Krista Stone.

“I just want to say this in case I never get another chance,” Stone said. “I really want to thank my mom because she’s the best person I know in the world and she inspires me every day and she’s always made me believe in this kind of crazy idea that I could do something like this and I’m beyond grateful.”

Stone continued, “Without her, none of this would exist, including my life, so thanks for that too, Mom. Thank you so much.”

Stone has already won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award for her role in the film. While in contention for the trophy, the award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role went to Lily Gladstone at Saturday’s SAG Awards for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon.

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