‘I feel lucky’: Emma Stone shares rare insight into motherhood after birth of daughter and reveals she has a ‘great amount of pressure’ taking over Cruella role from Glenn Close
She welcomed her first child, a baby girl, with husband Dave McCary two months ago.
And Emma Stone shared a rare insight into being a first-time mum as she appeared alongside Emma Thompson to promote her new film Cruella on Lorraine on Wednesday.
The actress, 32, admitted she is finding motherhood ‘very exciting’ and said she felt a ‘great amount of pressure’ taking over the role of Disney villain Cruella, following Glenn Close’s iconic performance in 101 Dalmatians.
Motherhood: Emma Stone shared a rare insight into being a first-time mum as she appeared alongside Emma Thompson to promote her new film Cruella on Lorraine on Wednesday
Interviewer Mark Heyes told Emma: ‘How has lockdown been for you? You’re now a mummy which is amazing.’
The La La Land star replied: ‘It’s very, very exciting. I feel lucky with what lockdown has been but it has been an insane year.’
According to TMZ, who have obtained a ‘copy of the birth certificate’, the star chose the name, Louise Jean McCary, as a sweet tribute to her grandmother, who is called Jean Louise.
The actress, 32, also said she felt a ‘great amount of pressure’ taking over the role of Disney villain Cruella, following Glenn Close’s iconic performance in 101 Dalmatians
Star: The film is a prequel to Disney’s 101 Dalmatians and follows a young Estella de Vil, an aspiring fashion designer in 1970s London played by Emma Stone (pictured)
Tough shoes to fill: When asked by Mark Heyes if she felt intimated taking over the role for Glenn, 74. Emma replied: ‘At first I felt a great amount of pressure’
When asked by Mark Heyes if she felt intimated taking over the role for Glenn, 74.
Emma replied: ‘At first I felt a great amount of pressure, but then I remembered when I played Sally in Cabaret in 2014, and that was one of the most scary moments because the list of actresses who have played that role is insane.
‘I realised the only way I can actually do this is to completely forget that and just think about Cruella. I can’t watch performances by Glenn Close.
‘I have to create an entirely new character and obviously it won’t even touch what she did, I mean of course she’s Glenn Close.’
Elsewhere during the interview, the pair said they had ‘so much fun’ playing their evil characters.
Character: ‘I realised the only way I can actually do this is to completely forget that and just think about Cruella. I can’t watch performances by Glenn Close’
Revelations: Last year, Emma Stone dished about the storyline, which takes place before Glenn Close’s portrayal in the 1996 version of 101 Dalmatians
Emma S said: ‘Can you imagine if that wasn’t fun to play? I mean just the opportunity to really dig into the darkest, darkest parts is really cool.’
Meanwhile Thompson, 62, joked the underwear she had to wear beneath her character’s costume was ‘like a torture item’.
Asked if her underwear was uncomfortable, Emma T said: ‘Oh I mean like a torture item. I don’t like wearing underwear full stop. I stopped wearing underwear a long time ago. It’s not my scene.
Transformation: For the newest posters for the upcoming film Emma got into character in a black dress
‘I don’t like comfortable underwear. I find comfortable underwear uncomfortable.
‘The underwear that was required to turn me into that shape was what can only be described as industrial.’
The plot centres on how Estella became the ruthless villain Cruella.
The movie is directed by I, Tonya’s Craig Gillespie and the supporting cast includes Emma Thompson, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
It opens in theatres on May 28 and becomes available as premium video on demand on streaming service Disney+ the same day.
Exciting: Cruella comes out on Disney+ and in select theatres on May 28