Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos on 'Kinds of Kindness' | AP interview

Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are back together again. Their last collaboration "Poor Things" culminated in four Academy Awards, including best actress for Stone. Just two months later, they've premiered "Kinds of Kindness" at the Cannes Film Festival. It marks their third feature together, with a fourth, "Bugonia," set to begin production soon. The 35-year-old star from Arizona and 50-year-old arthouse filmmaker from Athens sat down with AP film writer Jake Coyle to talk about their partnership, savoring the absurd - and welcoming Jesse Plemons to their tight-knit troupe. #emmastone #yorgoslanthimos #cannes

[@nolabels2331]

Her shirt says Jerskin Fendrix, the music composer of Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness

[@dale4039]

man I love Emma she's my all time celeb crush, she's painfully gorgeous and she's such a dork you can't not love her

[@loonycushion]

she's not really human, so her role in the next movie with yorgos is fitting.

[@jojoeljefe]

@@loonycushionwhat is it called?:O

[@lipe2520]

@@jojoeljefebugonia

[@Silfverr]

Gorgeous? She's hideous looking

[@JEMGOLDEN]

There are many immensely appealing things about Yorgos L that come out of this short interview and two stand out. The one is his sheer tenacity, vision and extraordinary will to keep trying to make Poor Things a reality. Twelve years of rejection. Twelve years! And he shows no hubris nor triumphalism at its eventual success; only gratitude and amusement. The second is when for a split second he closes his eyes when Emily S. describes him as a 'genius'. The embarrassment is real and endearing. Roll on next movie please!!

[@jasoncinema]

THIS. They’re so fond of one another and the dynamic between them as actor and filmmaker is truly lovely to see. He is modest in that praise she gives him but it definitely shows how much she appreciates him and his dedication to the craft, his creativity, and his commitment to the actors he works with.

[@lucyfer4420]

Say No More! Amen.

[@thegetupkid69]

Such a great pairing, ugggggh can’t wait for the next two films!!! It makes me happy Nathan Fielder and Yorgos love each other’s work

[@antoinepetrov]

As a fan of both of them, this is amazing.

[@jasoncinema]

I love that they’ve become each other’s muses. ☺️ Such a great filmmaking partnership. :)

[@vivianasong7271]

It is truly precious to watch. I can't wait to see what else these too do.

[@brittanyhendricks350]

Emma has become my favorite over the last couple of years due to the curse, her part in lorgos movies and her overseeing Julio Torres’s work. I can’t express how happy I am that these works are made.

[@astridrojass]

triptych • \TRIP-tik\ • noun. 1 : an ancient Roman writing tablet with three waxed leaves hinged together

[@brittanyhendricks350]

EEEEEEEK when I watched kinds of kindness I said to my husband “what if Yorgos and Nathan fielder worked together” and I’m now screaming at this interview 😭😭😭😭

[@geegalize]

wow the way he says " i want you to do this " at 10:09 - and the film is about power over other people..

[@jameson5755]

She is like her friend Jennifer Lawrence - 2 of the best i wanna see them work together

[@vitaflood6677]

i'm so fascinated by the trailer of the movie i cant wait to see it

[@simonesmith5922]

It's horrible

[@gabiactriz]

Emily es maravillosa, la adoro, es la mejor artista de su generación, amable, noble y talentosisima. I love her

[@cristianosouza7052]

EVERYONE calls her Emily! I'm stopping with Emma!

[@eclecticpursuits4346]

"Poor Things" and "Kinds of Kindness" were both amazing films!!

[@pomskylifenova7344]

Looks like a super movie 🍿

[@austinrodriguez4272]

Love Emma

[@Paseosguiados]

Thanks

[@a.r.t93]

3peat coming🔥🔥🔥

[@wallewallewalle]

Kinds of Kindness is messed up and weird AF in the best way possible.

[@davidanalyst671]

seriously messed up

[@jamesmonahan1870]

I DO CARE (C)2006

[@gabiactriz]

Why does Emily say Amén Bebe in Spanish? I need the context

[@CineenLSCh]

❤❤❤

[@chadstchad]

it’s emily stone. do you think people would be like wHo Is EmILy StOne??

[@georgekon]

Can we talk about the moment at 08:00 where they look at each other? Yorgos looking at her eyes and then her lips and Emma looking at Yorgos like she's melting for him. We all know they're married to other people but if they don't have an affair they at least have feelings for each other.

[@Coco-zu9ob]

Agree. And she's always saying how she "loves" him. Of course you can get very close with people you make a movie with (and they've done 3), but does it need to be said all the time.

[@anthonymartensen3164]

They are like creative soul mates.

[@jon8004]

@@Coco-zu9ob Honey, it's only said "all the time" because they're constantly interviewed over and over and over. Normal people don't say it all the time about a co-worker or friend because... well, no one cares.

[@SM-ce1uy]

yuk

[@skyler-ox3qq]

yes, I noticed that, and I find it disappointing coming from her

[@skyler-ox3qq]

I had to laugh when Yorgos says he chooses who should or should not be accepted into his Hollywood “troop”. An elitist director who turned Emma into an elitist actress too. I just feel sorry for her. Thank goodness there are directors in the industry who are much more talented and humble!

[@gigachadnumberw]

Yorgos is a Hollywood outsider

[@skyler-ox3qq]

@@gigachadnumberw He wants to brag about not making Hollywood movies, but he needs Hollywood stars to make them, and the funniest thing is that he formed this Hollywood “troop” as he likes to say, in which the actors are handpicked to participate. He is an elitist and pretentious director 😅

[@gigachadnumberw]

@@skyler-ox3qq dogtooth is a Greek film made with entirely non recognizable actors. He worked his way into the industry and continues to push boundaries and challenge the limits of storytelling and creativity in filmmaking. But he very much is an outsider. Which is why some of the most creative people in the industry love working with him and why he’s highly respected. He’s like the next Kubrick or next Terry Gilliam

[@skyler-ox3qq]

@@gigachadnumberw It's true, he started with Greek actors and then forgot about them when he formed his Hollywood group. Again I repeat to you what I said in the other video. I don't like Yorgos' style and thinking. I don't like the way he sees the world and people. And that's exactly what he wants 😂 Let's move on!

[@gigachadnumberw]

@@skyler-ox3qq it’s very funny to me how you chastise Emma Stone for leaving her very mainstream Hollywood career to be more artistically intelligent, but then claim they’re all elitist. If she was an elitist she’d make more mainstream slop like Ryan Reynolds to reign her authority on the industry, not take creative risks

[@mrmatt6740]

Audio quality is sub par. C'mon AP, get the microphone closer to your subjects!

[@space_1073]

it's fine

i love how he stares at her legs from time to time

[@Schnitzeljunge]

The rest is on Youporn😏

[@Josh-fp2qn]

They are probably smashing.

[@Josh-fp2qn]

Bc he is hitting that.

[@danielamongiat7164]

.. work. On. Begonia .. now. The. New. Movie. Crazy. Movies. Crazy😂

[@SM-ce1uy]

how will she be able to share these last two films with her daughter when she's grown up? her peers in school will be able to see those scenes, it boggles the mind why an A-list actress would be comfortable with these last two roles

[@b.u.g.i.g.a.n.g.a]

Misguided comment.

[@Josh-fp2qn]

I agree. I don’t know why she chose to do that at this point in her career.

[@gigachadnumberw]

Her daughter will go to a private school with Margot Robbie’s daughter who’s mom shared similar scenes in films like Wolf of Wallstreet and Babylon 😂 Oh the things I’d do to be the child of a wealthy beloved celebrity

[@Paul20661]

[@Owen-ub3fv]

Emma & Yorgos are definitely ****ing. Change my mind. You won't.

[@HBICTiff]

Maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. They’re making great films together so who cares?

[@LarsWalker-xo2jn]

She's out of his league lol

[@Mondo_panico]

He is married with Ariane Labed.

[@bumbleli3845]

girl Emily is literally married with a child you need to try touching grass

[@DanielWhite-v4e]

omaha beache

[@davidanalyst671]

if you watch Kinds of Kindness, and you don't feel like a psychopath, then you definitely 100% are a psychopath

[@davidanalyst671]

three completely bonkers stories, where everyone establishes super psychopathic standards for everyone else to upkeep, and then they do them, and then whoever is left alive is somehow better off??? But instead of different actors, they are the same actors from the last completely bonkers situation where they established completely psychopathic standards. Bro this movie nuts

[@Paddrique]

@@davidanalyst671at least RMF got his sandwich 😌

[@gigachadnumberw]

@@Paddriquebut I was wondering if at the very end the dog she cut would walk up to him. I was just concerned for his well-being 😢

[@BCSBB]

I may be the least popular opinion but I actually didn’t like this movie. It got worse over the different characters.

[@RYNO2511]

Lots of people didn't like it, it's pretty polarising

[@SM-ce1uy]

it had the worst of humanity in it, even animal abuse, it is just terrible stuff

[@alexandrajames6550]

It's not supposed to be taken seriously, it's satire

[@andy.91]

@@alexandrajames6550 I cant understand how the people dont undertstad that...

[@skyler-ox3qq]

Many people in my session left before the movie ended. What a horrible movie. Honestly, Emma should rethink the deplorable things she has agreed to do to appear as a bold actress. She has changed a lot since she started working with Yorgos. He has turned her into this kind of elitist actress full of cynicism and fetishes! She is slowly losing the respect and affection of the public.

[@gigachadnumberw]

I don’t she cares about the vanity and the applause of the plebs. Doing art for the quality. I respect it

[@fernandogracian6182]

This type of comments is what taboos are broken for. ❤❤❤❤

[@jon8004]

Please. She's beloved. You're just not up to this movie. It's fine. Go watch "La La Land" again or something. It's great, but that's clearly your thing.

[@skyler-ox3qq]

@@jon8004 Yorgos' macabre thoughts are certainly not for me. And I will happily watch the timeless La La Land, an absolute masterpiece and like all Damien Chazelle films, a beautiful experience to watch.

[@jon8004]

@@skyler-ox3qq I agree about La La Land, but Stone's an actress. Making a movie about unpalatable, macabre subjects is as valid as anything else. I don't think she acts in Yorgos's movies because she wants to "appear" to be a "bold" actress. I get the sense that she very much enjoys the movies and what she does in them. Also, you most likely don't know her. How could you possibly know if she's "changed"?

[@magdam8290]

Are they lovers?

[@Josh-fp2qn]

I think so

[@HOMESOULYAMA]

YES, "PRAISE YE THE LORD WITH THE PSALTERY AND HARP" PSALM 979 B.C. 7+8=15 👑📜✡️🛐👏💙🃏🧀🥤🎶🕺⛲💋

[@goatface3646]

Huh