Emma Stone in ‘Cruella’.Photo: Walt Disney Studios
Emma Stoneis hoping to soon step back into her fashionable Disney villain role.
The Oscar winner, 35, gave an update on the sequel to 2021’sCruella,tellingVarietythat filming will begin on the second installment “hopefully sooner rather than later.” Stone said the character is “a blast” to play.
“We’ll see… it’s a work in progress,” she told the outlet of the sequel’s timeline while on the red carpet at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Awards, where she received the Desert Palm Achievement Award for an actress, for her performance inYorgos Lanthimos’Poor Things.
During her acceptance speech, Stonerecalled a sexist studio executive’s advice to her, as he called a woman’s career “a sprint, not a marathon,” hinting at the supposed time limit on women in the entertainment industry.
“I realize that advice is total garbage because the majority of the women that I look up to in this industry, many of whom are in this room, have proven that as time goes on, life and work only get more interesting and more fulfilling,” Stone said.
Emma Stone, winner of the Desert Palm Achievement Award for “Poor Things,” poses backstage during the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards.Presley Ann/Getty Images
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Cruelladetailed the origin story of the character Cruella de Vil before she wreaked havoc in Disney’s101 Dalmatians. Before its second weekend in theaters,PEOPLE confirmed a sequel was in development.
“We are very pleased withCruella’s box office success, in conjunction with its strong Disney+ Premier Access performance to date,” a Disney spokesperson said at the time.
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Emma Stone in ‘Cruella’.Walt Disney Studios
Stone told PEOPLE at the time that the elaborate costumes helped her get into character and embrace the “over the top” nature of Cruella.
“With all of that put on, it felt like you could go there, safely, and really just inhabit something so far from… Well, it’s not that far from who I am, I guess,” she joked of her parallels to the character. “It’s eerily similar, actually. We’re a lot alike.”
During the filming of the movie, Stone toldEntertainment Tonightthatit was “pretty trippy” to be playing the iconic villain. “It’s wild,” she said. “Right now, I’m tired all the time, but there are times where I’m like … ‘This is bananas.’ ”
source: people.com
