Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons tells PEOPLE they managed to find "some balance" while filming their intense new movie 'Bugonia' together, saying they acted "goofy" between takes and talked parenting.

Emma Stone has been on an extraordinary hot streak as of late, highlighted by her stellar work in Showtime’s The Curse and her Oscar-winning turn in 2023’s Poor Things. That remarkable run continues with Bugonia,

In Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film "Bugonia," Emma Stone plays a powerful CEO who's abducted by two conspiracy-obsessed men, portrayed by Jesse Plemons and newcomer Aidan Delbis. But when it comes to conspiracy theories off-screen,

Although the 2003 sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! from South Korean director Jang Joon-hwan holds up great today (if you can find a copy), retooling it for American consumption here in our current hellscape makes a whole lot of sense—especially when you see that it’s The Favourite and Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos behind the camera.

Bugonia cast, along with tackling the theories in the film, also dabble in some of the off-screen conspiracy theories they believe in.In the film, Emma Stone plays a high-profile CEO

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, is one of the wildest, timeliest films you’ll see this year.

For the film, Lanthimos re-teams with his Kinds of Kindness acting duo, Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, who respectively portray a high-powered executive and a conspiracy enthusiast. Teddy (Plemons) has convinced his cousin Don (newcomer Aidan Delbis) that Michelle (Stone) is an alien posing as the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company.

Jennifer Aniston's face makes a surprise appearance in Emma Stone's fourth film with Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos

Stone, who shaved her head for the movie, joined co-star Jesse Plemons and director Yorgos Lanthimos at the New York premiere, where they discussed the “humanity” of the black comedy.