{"id":2127479,"date":"2025-10-31T18:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2127479"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:41:59","slug":"meet-bugonias-19-year-old-star-aidan-delbis-who-landed-his-breakout-role-while-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meet-bugonias-19-year-old-star-aidan-delbis-who-landed-his-breakout-role-while-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet \u201cBugonia\u201d&#8217;s 19-Year-Old Star Aidan Delbis Who Landed His Breakout Role While in High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Emma Stone&#8217;s new movie <em>Bugonia<\/em> features unknown teenage actor Aidan Delbis, who landed the role while in high school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I wasn\u2019t really sure that I wanted it to be my main career. But it so happened that this happened while I was in high school, and here we are,&#8221; Delbis said of his experience making the movie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Bugonia<\/em> follows two men who kidnap a powerful CEO they believe is an alien<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/emma-stone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emma Stone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Emma Stone<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jesse-plemons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jesse Plemons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jesse Plemons<\/a>&#8216; new movie <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/emma-stone-bugonia-trailer-jesse-plemons-yorgos-lanthimos-11761813\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bugonia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Bugonia<\/em><\/a> has a small cast, and their costar is a brand-new face in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Bugonia<\/em> features Stone, 36, as Michelle, a pharmaceutical company CEO abducted by Teddy (Plemons, 37), who is convinced Stone&#8217;s character is an alien conspiring to take over Earth. In kidnapping Michelle, Teddy enlists his neurodivergent cousin Don. The production cast Aidan Delbis, then an unknown 17-year-old soon-to-be high school graduate, to play the part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Delbis, as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2025-10-22\/aidan-delbis-was-still-in-high-school-when-he-landed-a-lead-role-in-bugonia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> reported on Oct. 22, replied to an open casting call for the movie and landed the part in 2024. Per the <em>L.A. Times<\/em>, director Yorgos Lanthimos wanted to find a nonprofessional actor to portray Don, believing &#8220;the character would be more interesting if he was neurodivergent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the outlet, Delbis &#8220;chooses to self-describe as autistic rather than neurodivergent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now 19, Delbis was in his senior year of high school when he was cast in <em>Bugonia<\/em>. He had only started taking acting more seriously in his drama classes the prior school year. &#8220;I wasn\u2019t really sure that I wanted it to be my main career. But it so happened that this happened while I was in high school, and here we are,&#8221; he told the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Atsushi Nishijima\/Focus Features <\/p>\n<p> Aidan Delbis and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The young actor intended to take a gap year after graduation, but his self-tape impressed Stone, who produced the new movie, as well as Lanthimos, 52.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJust from watching that first tape, you could see there was something so magnetic about him,\u201d Stone told the <em>L.A. Times<\/em>, adding, &#8220;It\u2019s a big leap for any nonprofessional. It\u2019s a big part in what is essentially a three-hander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The outlet reported that <em>Bugonia<\/em> kept Delbis&#8217; involvement largely a secret until a trailer rolled out for the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Atsushi Nishijima\/Focus Features Emma Stone, Aidan Delbis and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/12Liwxm2lcAHoTRXPlhdKA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/730b94ef5e9925b03bc8751e32d1caac\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Atsushi Nishijima\/Focus Features<\/p>\n<p> Emma Stone, Aidan Delbis and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Delbis has since traveled with the movie&#8217;s cast to a few of its premieres. An Instagram account that appears to be run by him shared photos of the actor posing with Plemons and actor-comedian Stavros Halkias at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/venice-film-festival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Venice Film Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Venice Film Festival<\/a>, where the movie premiered in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though Lanthimos sought authenticity by casting a neurodivergent actor for the role, Delbis told the <em>L.A. Times<\/em> he does not feel strongly about whether autistic actors should always play those roles. He does think, &#8220;we should try to be more empathetic to people with different worldviews because you never really know what those people are going through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe movie feels very relevant to that theme. God knows, people aren\u2019t always willing to be tolerant,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Bugonia <\/em>is in theaters now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meet-emma-stone-jesse-plemons-19-year-old-bugonia-costar-aidan-delbis-11840995\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Emma Stone&#8217;s new movie Bugonia features unknown teenage actor Aidan Delbis, who landed the role while in high school. &#8220;I wasn\u2019t really sure that I wanted it to be my main career. 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