Emma Stone Really Wants to Compete on ‘Jeopardy’
Emma Stone is evoking her inner Quiz Lady. The Poor Things star and recently revealed that she really wants to compete on Jeopardy and has applied every year to be a contestant on the beloved quiz show. In a new interview, Stone, 35, said she applies every June… and not for the celebrity edition of the show. “I want to earn my stripes,” she said, as the celebrity spin-off features less challenging clues. “You can only take the test once a year with your email address, and I’ve never gotten on the show.”
Stone shared just how committed she is; she watches the show “every single night, and I mark down how many answers I get right.” She adds, “I swear, I could go on Jeopardy.” Whether or not Stone ever gets approved to go on the show, the actress recently won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for her role in Poor Things.
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Following her win, a reporter in the press room asked Stone what she thought about Taylor Swift’s cheering when she won, to which Stone dryly quipped, “What an a–hole, am I right?” Stone added seriously that she had known the pop icon for almost 20 years and was “very happy” she was there. Swift was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for her record-breaking Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Poor Things also stars Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael. Based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, the dark comedy sci-fi film follows Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman living in Victorian-era London. After being crudely resurrected by a scientist (Dafoe) following her suicide, she runs off with a debauched lawyer (Ruffalo) to embark on an odyssey of self-discovery and sexual liberation. Watch the trailer below: