Emma Stones Bugonia screening has moviegoers…
LOS ANGELES — It was shear insanity.
Dozens of daring moviegoers lined up to get their heads shaved for admission into an early screening of the movie “Bugonia” in Los Angeles — an homage to the bald main character performed by actress Emma Stone.
Audience members have been instructed to arrive bald or be keen to get their strands sheared to enter the Culver Theater for the early screening of the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed movie Monday evening.
Dozens of daring moviegoers lined up in Los Angeles to have their heads shaved in exchange for early admission to “Bugonia,” paying tribute to the movie’s bald lead, performed by Emma Stone. Rafael Fontoura for New York Post
Those who have been keen to courageous the baldness may watch the screening for free, though tickets have been still out there on a first-come, first-served foundation.
Fans weren’t afraid to lose their locks for in homage to Stone’s hairless character, a CEO who is kidnapped and accused of being an alien who desires to destroy earth.
Lines fashioned as early as 2 p.m. to get into the 8 p.m. screening, with roughly 25 people out of over a hundred huddled up to get a buzz.
One viewers member, Matthew Lopez, told The Post he couldn’t resist the chance for a free haircut, particularly if it meant he may catch an early-bird screening of the long-awaited movie.
The Disneyland worker arrived at the screening with a full head of hair he’d been growing out for a year-and-a-half and entered the auditorium with a contemporary buzz.
Those who have been keen to courageous the baldness may watch the screening for free, though tickets have been still out there on a first-come, first-served foundation. Rafael Fontoura for New York Post
“I’ve been waiting for this movie since it’s been announced, since I saw the trailer six months ago.
And when I saw that there was an exclusive screening and I get a free haircut with it, I said, might as well,” Lopez said.
“A lot of my co-workers are asking me, why am I doing that? Because they love how my hair
was before. But I just told them, I’ve done this before. It’s a free movie that I’ve been waiting for,” the devoted fan reasoned.
Lopez had no regrets after the chop. He obtained to see the movie he’d been eagerly awaiting and said going bald was “freeing.”
Audience members have been instructed to arrive bald or be keen to get their strands sheared to enter the Culver Theater for the early screening of the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed movie Monday evening. Rafael Fontoura for New York Post
“I haven’t felt air on my head in a while.”
Other attendees have been more pragmatic about their attendance.
Rita Frenzel, a freelance actress who steadily shaves her head, arrived at the screening in hopes of getting another one of her common buzzcuts.
“I want to see the screening, and also I want to get my head shaved. Because it’s getting long, I need a haircut,” she said.
“I just thought it seemed like a cool experience. It’s something new, it’s not something I see happening every day,” Frenzel continued.
Another moviegoer, David Vargas, took benefit of his current baldness to attend the screening for free.
“I’m here because [a friend] invited me. He knew that I was already bald, and he said, ‘Hey, you’re bald, let’s go to a free screening.’ And I said, Yes, because I love movies,” Vargas said.
Fans weren’t afraid to lose their locks for in homage to Stone’s hairless character, a CEO who is kidnapped and accused of being an alien who desires to destroy earth. Rafael Fontoura for New York Post
“I like Emma Stone, but I don’t know anything about this movie, and I usually like to keep it that way. I enjoy not knowing about a movie and seeing what it presents itself as,” he said.
Vargas, of Anaheim, said the screening’s peculiar requirement may train others that they “shouldn’t be afraid of being bald.”
Barber KP Kalama — who was handling the clippers at the screening — told The Post he shattered his report for the quantity haircuts he’s performed in a single day during the event.
“I thought it was pretty cool, I’d never done an event before, I said why not,” Kalama said.
“Bugonia” premiered at the Venice International Film Fesitval in August and has performed at a number of festivals forward of it’s official release Friday.
Stone stars alongside Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkios, Aidan Delbis, and Alicia Silverstone in the English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean movie “Save the Green Planet!”
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