“I felt really out of control”: Emma Stone Revealed Doing This to Cope Up With Panic Attacks Which Started When She Worked With Barbie Star
Being an actor can sometimes be a tough job that requires a person to carry out scenes even if they are not as willing to. Emma Stone in her 2011 film Crazy, Stupid, Love did one scene with her Co-star Ryan Gosling that scared her to the point where she started getting panic attacks. Similarly, in The Amazing Spider-Man film series, the actor had to experience more such scenes that required jumping, lifting, and so on.
And although the action scenes were mostly done with the help of harnesses or stunt doubles, Stone seemingly still got panic attacks similar to the Dirty Dancing lift in her 2011 film.
Emma Stone Discusses Her Coping Mechanism Against Panic Attacks On Film Set
Working in a film involving a superhero is bound to have tons of action scenes and such. However, Hollywood Star Emma Stone is seemingly the type who wants to stay away from such scenes as much as possible. She has revealed the panic attacks she receives when carrying out scenes that require her to jump over someone or get lifted in the air.
The panic attacks are said to have started back in 2011 while she was working on Crazy, Stupid, Love alongside Ryan Gosling. According to Stone the famous ‘Dirty Dancing Lift’ in the film where she had to run straight towards her co-star and try to jump over his head, left her with panic attacks. Taking this in 2014, her role as Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 also involved a scene where she had to do a bit of jumping here and there.
Despite the harnesses, she still got panic attacks due to them. In such cases, the La La Land star has revealed her way to cope with panic attacks. As far as reports go, on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Stone reportedly baked to cope with all the panic attacks she got. The actress shared about being in a baking phase around the time.
A Brief Look at Emma Stone’s Dirty Dancing Lift Scene
While filming for her 2011 rom-com Crazy, Stupid, Love, Emma Stone had to carry out a scene along with her co-star Ryan Gosling in an intimate scene. However, this requires Stone to jump over her co-star as if she is trying to fly over him as he grabs her midway. This scene was a re-creation of the famous Dirty Dancing (1987) ‘lift scene’.
Gosling’s character asks his love interest played by Stone to reenact the scene which she eventually agrees to. The Easy A star revealed that the scene gave her panic attacks on set. And the coping mechanism she used was to watch a cartoon on TV while crying.
Source: ABC News
