20 December 2014
Newsdesk
Emma Stone felt more prepared for Broadway after filming Birdman.
The 26-year-old actress can currently be seen on the stage as Sally Bowles in Cabaret alongside Alan Cumming. Before this she shot the dark comedy flick directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu about a Hollywood star best known for playing a superhero (Michael Keaton) who is determined to prove himself a serious actor by directing and starring in a play. Emma portrays his daughter Sam and the feature was filmed in one continuous sequence-shot to capture the atmosphere.
It was set in a theatre too to give a more authentic feel, which ended up being great homework for the actress' next venture.
"Shooting Birdman wasn’t typical of making a movie. It was similar to Cabaret in the sense that you had to become incredibly technically aware and your choreography had to be so nailed down that you could then let go of everything and be free. Of course, you were doing each scene for a day, instead of the full story all the way through each day," Emma explained to deadline.com. "Alejandro keeps emailing me asking me if I feel like I’m in Birdman every day, because I’m walking through these hallways of Studio 54. It does feel like Birdman. You couldn’t have picked a better movie to make if you had to prepare for theatre, because every other movie has felt very different than what I’m doing right now."
Emma is a prominent figure in her generation of stars, conquering a range of movies from comedy Easy A to drama The Help. She's also aware of those in a similar position to her, admiring fellow actresses' approach to performance.
"Who’s doing it right? A lot of people. I can name more people who are doing it right than are doing it wrong I think at this point," she smiled. "Most of the girls or women in my age range seem to be doing a pretty damn good job. It’s an interesting time in life, in your mid-20s, because you’re still establishing who you are and what you want to be and what you want your life to look like."