“Are you bald, or willing to become bald?”
That’s how the invite begins for an upcoming free screening of the new Emma Stone movie “Bugonia.”
The screening is only open to bald people. But no worries for anyone who’s not.
“If you are not bald, we will have a barber on site to shave your head in order for you to watch the film,” the invitation says.
You know, just a casual balding.
The Academy Award-winning Stone stars alongside Jesse Plemons and newcomer Aidan Delbis in the intense film, a potent blend of thriller, sci-fi and black comedy written by Will Tracy (“The Menu,” “Succession”) and helmed by the celebrated director Yorgos Lanthimos.
“Bugonia” is an adaptation of the 2003 South Korean film “Save the Green Planet!” directed by Jang Joon-hwan.
Stone plays Michelle Fuller, the powerful CEO of a big pharmaceutical company in the Focus Features movie, opening in theaters Oct. 24.
Plemons plays Teddy Gatz, who is deep into a conspiracy theory about aliens who look like humans controlling human affairs.
Teddy gets his cousin Don (Delbis) wrapped up in the conspiracy and the two of them abduct Fuller, who Teddy believes to be an alien.
Stone’s head is shaved early on in the movie, which also features Stavros Halkias as a police officer and Alicia Silverstone as Sandy Gatz, Teddy’s very ill mother.
The “bald screening” is set for Oct. 20 at the Culver Theater in Culver City, California — the barber will be there two hours before showtime. Would-be audience members are advised that part of the event will be filmed “for promotional purposes.”
“Bugonia” is Stone’s fifth film with Lanthimos.
She won her second Oscar last year for her performance in the director’s “Poor Things” (2023), co-starring New Jersey’s own Ramy Youssef in his film debut as well as Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe.
Stone previously starred opposite Plemons in “Kinds of Kindness,” her most recent Lanthimos film before “Bugonia.”
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