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Emma Stone Wants To Go By Her Real Name successful Hollywood
There’s nary casual mode to accidental this: But Easy A just turned 14.
That’s right—the Emma Stone-led film loosely inspired by The Scarlet Letter was released successful theaters Sept. 17, 2010. And arsenic it turns out, the histrion was drawn to her quality Olive—a precocious schoolhouse pupil who lies astir having enactment and sees however her beingness and estimation alteration erstwhile the rumors spread—right from the get-go.
“I work the publication earlier Screen Gems, which is the workplace that made it, optioned it,” she explained to E! News back successful 2010. “So it was floating retired determination and nary 1 was making it. I was conscionable like, ‘Oh my god, I emotion this truthful much.’”
Once Screen Gems got the rights to the script, Emma continued, she met with manager Will Gluck and different leaders down the movie and “kind of pushed them to fto maine beryllium the archetypal idiosyncratic to audition for it.”
“Needless to say, they auditioned a batch of radical for it,” the then-21-year-old added. “So I was precise fortunate that they gave maine a accidental to bash it ‘cause I’ve never, obviously, done thing successful that capableness before.”
The movie marked Emma’s breakout pb role—with her receiving her precise archetypal Golden Globe information (of course, 7 others would follow, including her 2 wins and 2 Oscars for 2016’s La La Land and 2023’s Poor Things).
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So, immoderate mightiness beryllium amazed that she’s said she’s ne'er watched Easy A successful its entirety.
“I haven’t seen it. No.” the now-35-year-old told Timothée Chalamet during a 2018 speech for Variety’s Actors connected Actors series. “I’ve seen immoderate scenes. But I went to a friends and household screening to spot it and I had to get up and locomotion out. Who wants to ticker themselves for that long?”
In grant of the day of the film—which besides featured Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow and much stars—keep speechmaking to spot what the formed is up to now.
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Emma Stone
When Emma Stone starred successful Easy A as Olive Penderghast, we had lone seen her successful a fewer films similar Zombieland and Superbad.
However, the histrion wholly took disconnected aft playing the bully miss gone atrocious (but really lone pretending) and continued to prima successful films similar Crazy, Stupid Love, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Favourite and Cruella. She besides won her archetypal Oscar for her show successful La La Land successful 2017 followed by her 2nd for her pb relation successful Poor Things 4 years later.
Emma softly joined Dave McCary in 2020 and the brace welcomed their archetypal kid together the pursuing year.
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Penn Badgley
Penn Badgley played Woodchuck Todd successful the film, capturing our hearts erstwhile helium recreated John Hughes' top romcoms for Olive, specified arsenic holding up speakers extracurricular her window. Now, you tin drawback the Gossip Girl histrion arsenic the terrifying stalker Joe Goldberg successful You.
In the autumn of 2020, Penn and woman Domino Kirke welcomed a babe boy.
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Amanda Bynes
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Dan Byrd
Dan Byrd played Brandon, a precocious pupil who is cheery but lies astir having enactment with Olive to marque others judge he's straight. The Cougar Town prima besides appeared successful A Cinderella Story, Norman and Young Sheldon
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Thomas Haden Church
After playing our favourite English teacher Mr. Griffith connected Easy A, Thomas Haden Church went connected to prima successful Ned and Stacey, Divorce, Hellboy and Twisted Metal.
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Patricia Clarkson
We loved Patricia Clarkson arsenic Olive's sassy, honorable mom.
Which possibly makes it each the much amusive that her relation arsenic a parent was a full 180 erstwhile she played the creepy and demented Adora Crellin successful Sharp Objects.
The histrion besides appeared successful films similar Friends with Benefits, One Day and the Maze Runner movies and won an Emmy for her relation in State of the Union.
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Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci was already a household sanction erstwhile helium portrayed Dill Penderghast, Olive's open-minded and witty dad.
Prior to this role, he had nabbed an Oscar information for his enactment successful The Lovely Bones. But he's astir apt champion known for starring other Meryl Streep successful The Devil Wears Prada and Julie & Julia. Other fashionable performances see his enactment successful The Hunger Games movies, Spotlight and Inside Man.
When not teaching the satellite however to marque the cleanable Negroni cocktail, Stanley is apt traveling to illustration the champion cuisine, arsenic helium did for his bid Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.
After losing his archetypal woman Kate Tucci to bosom crab successful 2009, helium joined Emily Blunt's sister, Felicity Blunt, successful 2012. He is simply a begetter to 5 children, 3 helium welcomed with Kate and 2 helium shares with Felicity.
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Lisa Kudrow
Everyone knows this friend! Lisa Kudrow came into fame acknowledgment to her relation arsenic Phoebe Buffay connected the long-running sitcom, Friends. In Easy A, she played guidance counsellor Mrs. Griffith, who shockingly had an matter with (a ineligible age) student.
Lisa went connected to prima successful respective projects since the Easy A, including Booksmart, The Boss Baby, The Girl connected the Train, HouseBroken and, of course, HBO Max's Friends reunion.
She is joined to Michel Stern and parent to lad Julian.
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Malcolm McDowell
Veteran histrion Malcolm McDowell, known for his work A Clockwork Orange and Time After Time, joined the Easy A formed arsenic stern Principal Gibbons.
Since filming Easy A, he has appeared successful Bombshell, Mozart successful the Jungle, Son of a Critch and more.
Malcolm is joined to Kelley Kuhr, and helium is the begetter of 4 kids: Finnian and Beckett, whom helium shares with Kelley, arsenic good arsenic Lilly and Charlie, whom helium raised with ex-wife Mary Steenburgen. In fact, Charlie is joined to Lily Collins.
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Cam Gigandet
After playing Easy A's God-loving repetition elder Micah, Cam Gigandet went connected to prima successful Burlesque, The Roommate, The Magnificent Seven, Outlaw Posse and more.
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Aly Michalka
From Disney Channel darling to Emma's BFF successful the Easy A, Aly Michalka is decidedly a recognizable name.
After wrapping the Easy A, Michalka went connected to onshore a starring relation successful iZombie portion besides performing alongside sister AJ Michalka successful their popular duo, Aly & AJ. In precocious 2020, they blessed fans with an explicit version of their iconic "Potential Breakup Song"
Aly is besides ma to lad Jack, whom she welcomed with husband Stephen Ringer successful June 2024.
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Fred Armisen
Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen had a small, but impactful role, successful the Easy A—portraying a Christian pastor who is the begetter of Amanda's character.
In summation to SNL, which helium departed successful 2013, he's starred successful Portlandia, The Smurfs, Big Mouth, Los Espookys and more.
In July 2024, Fred's Wednesday costar Riki Lindhome revealed to People the 2 had actually tied the knot 2 years prior.
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