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Emma Stone fans know that her real first name is Emily, but she recently revealed that \u201cEmma\u201d wasn\u2019t her first choice for a stage name.<\/p>\n
While appearing on Wednesday\u2019s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em>, host Stephen Colbert asked the Bugonia<\/a><\/em> star, if there were any other names \u201cin competition\u201d with Emma.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNot only was it in competition, but I actually adopted a stage name for, I would say, like six months. Because the Screen Actors Guild, it\u2019s like the Business Bureau. You can only have one person with that name,\u201d Stone said.<\/p>\n When Stone went to join the actors guild, she learned she had to come up with a stage name because there was already someone named Emily Stone registered in the union.<\/p>\n \u201cI was 16, and I decided I wanted to be Riley for like six months. So I was Riley Stone, which is a beautiful name,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n However, Stone said she quickly learned that Riley was not the right stage name for her. \u201cI did an episode, like a guest part, on Malcolm in the Middle<\/em>, and they kept going like, \u2018Riley! Riley!\u2019 And I had no idea who they were talking to. Truly. And I was like, \u2018I cannot be Riley,’\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt came out of nowhere. I was just like, \u2018Cool name. I\u2019ll just be Riley.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo I then changed it to Emma because it\u2019s close enough to Emily,\u201d Stone said of how she ultimately decided on her stage name.<\/p>\n Stone previously opened up about her decision to professionally go by Emma while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> in April 2024. After she was asked if her co-stars call her Emily, she said, \u201cWhen I get to know them, people that I work with do. It\u2019s just because my name was taken [by another actress in SAG].\u201d<\/p>\n She then recalled that she \u201cfreaked out a couple of years ago\u201d about people not calling her by her real name. \u201cFor some reason, I was like, \u2018I can\u2019t do it anymore. Just call me Emily,’\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Stone also reflected on how she would react to having a fan call her Emily instead of Emma. \u201cThat would be so nice. I would like to be Emily,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Stone made headlines for her name during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, when a clip went viral of a reporter referring to her as Emily during a panel for the film Kinds of Kindness<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s my name!\u201d she happily told director Yorgos Lanthimos at the time.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Stone fans know that her real first name is Emily, but she recently revealed that \u201cEmma\u201d wasn\u2019t her first choice for a stage name. While appearing on Wednesday\u2019s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, host Stephen Colbert asked the Bugonia star, if there were any other names \u201cin competition\u201d with Emma. 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