{"id":2105519,"date":"2025-10-21T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2105519"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:57:14","slug":"emma-stones-bugonia-screening-has-moviegoers-shave-heads-for-free-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/emma-stones-bugonia-screening-has-moviegoers-shave-heads-for-free-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Stone&#8217;s &#8216;Bugonia&#8217; screening has moviegoers shave heads for free admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F10%2Fmoviegoers-line-get-heads-shaved-113892629.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 It was shear madness.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of daring moviegoers lined up to get their heads shaved for admission into an early screening of the film \u201cBugonia\u201d in Los Angeles \u2014 an homage to the bald main character played by actress Emma Stone.<\/p>\n<p>Audience members <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were instructed to arrive bald<\/a> or be willing to get their strands sheared to enter the Culver Theater for the early screening of the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film\u00a0Monday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dozens of bold moviegoers lined up in Los Angeles to have their heads shaved in exchange for early admission to \u201cBugonia,\u201d paying tribute to the film\u2019s bald lead, played by Emma Stone. <span class=\"credit\">Rafael Fontoura for celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those who were willing to brave the baldness could watch the screening for free, though tickets were still available on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>Fans weren\u2019t afraid to lose their locks for in homage to Stone\u2019s hairless character, a CEO who is kidnapped and accused of being an alien who wants to destroy earth.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Lines formed as early as 2 p.m. to get into the 8 p.m. screening, with roughly 25 people out of over a hundred huddled up to get a buzz. <\/p>\n<p>One audience member, Matthew Lopez, told The Post he couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity for a free haircut, especially if it meant he could catch an early-bird screening of the long-awaited film.<\/p>\n<p>The Disneyland employee arrived at the screening with a full head of hair he\u2019d been growing out for a year-and-a-half and entered the auditorium with a fresh buzz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Those who were willing to brave the baldness could watch the screening for free, though tickets were still available on a first-come, first-served basis. <span class=\"credit\">Rafael Fontoura for celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this movie since it\u2019s been announced, since I saw the trailer six months ago.<br \/>And when I saw that there was an exclusive screening and I get a free haircut with it, I said, might as well,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of my co-workers are asking me, why am I doing that? Because they love how my hair<br \/>was before. But I just told them, I\u2019ve done this before. It\u2019s a free movie that I\u2019ve been waiting for,\u201d the dedicated fan reasoned.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez had no regrets after the chop. He got to see the film he\u2019d been eagerly awaiting and said going bald was \u201cfreeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Audience members were instructed to arrive bald or be willing to get their strands sheared to enter the Culver Theater for the early screening of the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film\u00a0Monday night. <span class=\"credit\">Rafael Fontoura for celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t felt air on my head in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other attendees were more pragmatic about their attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Rita Frenzel, a freelance actress who frequently shaves her head, arrived at the screening in hopes of getting another one of her regular buzzcuts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see the screening, and also I want to get my head shaved. Because it\u2019s getting long, I need a haircut,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/ae07a3726bec0fc91a840dddea9d294c\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just thought it seemed like a cool experience. It\u2019s something new, it\u2019s not something I see happening every day,\u201d Frenzel continued. <\/p>\n<p>Another moviegoer, David Vargas, took advantage of his existing baldness to attend the screening for free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here because [a friend] invited me. He knew that I was already bald, and he said, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re bald, let\u2019s go to a free screening.\u2019 And I said, Yes, because I love movies,\u201d Vargas said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fans weren\u2019t afraid to lose their locks for in homage to Stone\u2019s hairless character, a CEO who is kidnapped and accused of being an alien who wants to destroy earth. <span class=\"credit\">Rafael Fontoura for celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI like Emma Stone, but I don\u2019t know anything about this movie, and I usually like to keep it that way. I enjoy not knowing about a movie and seeing what it presents itself as,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Vargas, of Anaheim, said the screening\u2019s peculiar requirement could teach others that they \u201cshouldn\u2019t be afraid of being bald.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barber KP Kalama \u2014 who was handling the clippers at the screening \u2014 told The Post he shattered his record for the number haircuts he\u2019s done in a single day during the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was pretty cool, I\u2019d never done an event before, I said why not,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBugonia\u201d premiered at the Venice International Film Fesitval in August and has played at several festivals ahead of it\u2019s official release Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Stone stars alongside Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkios, Aidan Delbis, and Alicia Silverstone in the English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film \u201cSave the Green Planet!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 It was shear madness. Dozens of daring moviegoers lined up to get their heads shaved for admission into an early screening of the film \u201cBugonia\u201d in Los Angeles \u2014 an homage to the bald main character played by actress Emma Stone. 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