In Hollywood today, several actors and actresses are committed to going the extra mile when it comes to transforming themselves to play characters \u2014 including Emma Stone<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The Oscar-winning actress has sported a number of hair colors and styles over the years as she\u2019s taken on memorable roles in films like La La Land and Poor Things, the latter of which she donned long black extensions for.<\/p>\n \u201c[The hair] is kind of its own character,\u201d hair, makeup and prosthetics designer Nadia Stacey<\/strong> told Allure<\/a> in December 2023 of Stone\u2019s Poor Things look. \u201cIt says something about who she is. It\u2019s this constant reminder of this really stark, jet-black hair against all this amazing color. She doesn’t fit in everything around her. She’s kind of alien in all of that \u2014 she’s different.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans were stunned in August 2025 when Stone debuted one of her most dramatic hairdos yet, sporting a bald head<\/a> in the trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos<\/strong>\u2019 Bugonia. But did the actress really shave her head? Scroll below for more on her latest hair transformation.<\/p>\n Emma Stone Playfully Corrects \u2018Kinds of Kindness\u2019 Director Yorgos Lanthimos at Cannes on Real Name<\/a><\/p>\n Stone did say goodbye to her hair for Bugonia, a choice that she felt was freeing.<\/p>\n \u201cNo better feeling in the world,\u201d Stone said of ditching her ginger locks during an August 2025 interview with Vogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cThe first shower when you\u2019ve shaved your head? Oh my God, it\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n Stone remembered a time when her mother, Krista, underwent treatment for breast cancer and lost her hair. \u201cShe actually did something brave,\u201d the Eddington actress shared. \u201cI\u2019m just shaving my head.\u201d<\/p>\n Atsushi Nishijima \/\u00a9Focus Features \/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/p>\n In the film, Stone portrays pharmaceutical CEO Michelle Fuller, who is kidnapped by alien conspiracists Teddy (Jesse Plemons<\/strong>) and Don (Aidan Delbis<\/strong>) after they\u2019re \u201cconvinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth,\u201d per IMDb.<\/p>\n Not everyone was on board with Stone\u2019s bald head transformation<\/a> at the start. Stone\u2019s longtime friend Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong> told Vogue she \u201creally didn\u2019t want her to shave her head.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI had already lived through the Billie Jean King haircut,\u201d Lawrence quipped, referencing Stone\u2019s portrayal of King in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes, in which she sported a retro shaggy haircut.<\/p>\n Despite her initial concern over the big chop<\/a>, Lawrence was ultimately a fan of Stone\u2019s new look.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, she looked beautiful,\u201d the No Hard Feelings actress said. \u201cShe pulled it off.\u201d<\/p>\n Every Celeb Hair Transformation of 2025: Emilie Kiser\u2019s Bob, Zoe Kravitz\u2019s Baby Bangs, More<\/a><\/p>\n While Bugonia set its nationwide release for October 24, 2025, fans got the opportunity to see a special screening at the Culver Theater in California on October 20, 2025, under one condition \u2014 they had to shave their heads.<\/p>\n \u201cThis special screening is for anyone who is bald,\u201d the event’s official page said. \u201cIf you are not bald, we will have a barber on site to shave your head in order for you to watch the film. Screening starts at 8 p.m., but the barber will be set up at 6 p.m. to start shaving heads.\u201d<\/p>\n Promotion for the event also drew a lot of attention on DoLA\u2019s Instagram page. \u201cThis is real. And yes, part of it will be filmed,\u201d the caption of the post<\/a> read.<\/p>\n \u201cFinally an event to celebrate the bald community!\u201d one person commented, while another asked, \u201cWait can we only come see the movie if we\u2019re willing to get our heads shaved?\u201d<\/p>\n Others questioned if the hair would be donated to charity, writing, \u201cWould be nice if you’re donating the hair to locks of love, maybe?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s breast cancer awareness month you guys should do it in conjunction with honoring fighters and survivors,\u201d another Instagram user commented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDid Emma Stone Shave Her Head for \u2018Bugonia\u2019?<\/h2>\n
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