Emma Stone Reveals She ‘Would Like to Be’ Called by Her Real Name: ‘That Would Be So Nice’

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  1. > In fact, when asked by THR whether she’d correct a fan who called her by her real name instead of Emma, the 35-year-old responded, “No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily.”

    > Stone said “people that I work with” call her Emily, “when I get to know them,” and noted that she made her stage name “Emma Stone” because Emily Stone “was taken” by another actress who was a member of SAG-AFTRA before her.

  2. Michael Keaton’s real name is Michael Douglas, but well, that name was already taken, too.

  3. Emily Stone…. Emily …. Stone. Idk if I can handle this much upheaval in my life right now, I’m so sorry Emma

  4. Albert Brooks’s real name is actually Albert Einstein. He’s credited with a different last name for obvious reasons.

    His brother was Bob Einstein, aka Super Dave!

  7. Julianne Moore is actually called Julie Anne Smith… I always thought that was funny

  8. It’s like Chad Kroeger saying we’ve been pronouncing his last name wrong all these years. Welp, should have said something, can’t go back now.

  13. Could she just go by Emily J. Stone, akin to Michael B. Jordan?

  15. ‘That Would Be So Nice’ is a weird name but alright.

  16. Huh? She’s one of the most celebrated actresses ever already. All you had to do was tell us Emily!

  18. Maybe Natalie Portman would like to be called Natalie Hershlag.

  19. It’s a shame her real name is Harriet Tubman, just has too much baggage for Hollywood.

  21. Ok, for everyone who’s like “why can’t two people have the same name, it’s dumb,” I have a story from my brief stint as an entertainment litigator.

    One of the first cases I had, my first year of practice. This guy was suing a client, claiming he’d had the idea for a film she was working on. Want it to get stupider? I got you – the film was a REMAKE of a decades-old film. But his BIG IDEA was that he’d had the idea to cast this specific client in this specific remake.

    What complicated things? Well, he’d been in touch with her, and the filmmaker of the original. A LOT. About that specific idea. Which he owned nothing of. Didn’t rep the actor. Didn’t have the rights to the IP. Was just a dude. Why was anyone talking to this dumb fuck rando, you ask? Because he had adopted the incredibly unique stage name of a very famous actor and they weren’t all checking carefully enough before they engaged with him.

    We got the case dismissed. It’s notable mostly to me for the fact that his equally lunatic lawyer was the first (not the last) opposing counsel to actually scream at me in my face in the hallway of the LA courthouse such that a cop came up to him and told him to fuck off, deeply unsettling me. But yeah, I get the rule. People’s names open a lot of doors. You can’t have 35 Brad Pitts showing up to every open call.

    Edit: if y’all wanna know I’ll tell you what movie it was. Trust me, it’s so much dumber than you think.

  22. I know I’ll probably never meet her but this immediately got etched in stone that if you see her to call her Emily.

  26. I would love to be called by my real name: Countess Boochie Flagrante

  28. I’ve recently been perplexed by two Peyton Lists. Does that mean one of them isn’t in SAG?

  29. David Bowie was born David Jones. He had to change it in the 60s so he wouldn’t get confused with Davey Jones from the Monkeys. He changed it to Tom Jones. Then Tom Jones got famous a few weeks later. Then he was all like “Fuck this shit” and changed it to David Bowie.

  35. Is there any reason other than sharing a name with another actor she can’t just use her real name?

  36. Olivia Colman thanked “Emily” in her Oscar speech. It was a cute moment.

    Katy Perry/Kate Hudson is another. Katy’s real last name is Hudson so she uses her mother’s maiden name. It’s probably annoying for her because Kate Hudson is estranged from her father and isn’t really all that invested in the name but she was famous first.

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