JB Lacroix/FilmMagic Emma Stone, at a press conference at the Venice International Film Festival, spoke on themes of her movieBugoniaand revealed she believes in aliens "Yes, I'm coming out with it: I believe in aliens," said the Oscar winner Bugoniais in select theaters Oct. 24, then everywhere Oct. 31 Emma Stonedeclared she believes in aliens while promoting her new film at the Venice Film Festival. During a press conference forBugoniaon Thursday, Aug. 28, the Oscar winner, 36, at one point told reporters it is a "pretty narcissistic thing to think" that humans are "truly alone out here." Stone added, "So, yes, I'm coming out with it: I believe in aliens." Directed byYorgos Lanthimos,Bugoniafollows two men who kidnap Stone's character, a wealthy CEO, because they believe she is an alien. At the festival, Stone told journalists in the room, "How do you knowI'mnot an alien?" before noting that she felt "there's a tricky aspect to that answer that's probably longer than anything that anyone would want to listen to right now at a press conference for the film." "Everybody sort of deals with that now. There's a lot of self-reflection for everyone; social media or the way that you're kind of viewed outside of yourself to the world," she said. "We all can relate to that feeling of someone thinking they know you or thinking you can express and opinion and having it feel fraught and intense and like you don't have much control of the thing or, I call it, the avatar outside of me." Daniele Venturelli/WireImage "Because there's me, and then there's 'me,' here," she added. "I separate the two in my mind a little bit, which I maybe need to do less, but I think as a coping mechanism. There's the person who comes here and then there's the person I am with all my friends and family. They're the same person, but it's what I do to keep myself sane, I guess." According to a synopsis,Bugoniais based on Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 South Korean sci-fi-comedySave the Green Planet!The movie centers around "two conspiracy-obsessed young men [who] kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth." The new movie marks Stone's fourth film in recent years with Lanthimos, 51, who previously directed her in 2018'sThe Favouriteand 2023'sPoor Things, both of which premiered at Venice, as well as last year'sKinds of Kindnessand multipleshort films.Jesse Plemons, who costarred with Stone inKinds of Kindness, also appears inBugoniaalongsideAlicia Silverstone, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and more. JB Lacroix/FilmMagic Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Fans have been buzzing aboutBugoniasince Stonedebuted a pixie cutthis January at the Golden Globe Awards. Per aVoguecover story earlier this month, the actress' head was shaved in real time during a scene in the movie. She told the outlet it felt refreshing: "No better feeling in the world. The first shower when you've shaved your head? Oh my God, it's amazing." While speaking with reporters at the Aug. 28 press conference in Venice, Stone remarked that buzzing her head was "so much easier than any hairstyle." Bugoniais in select theaters Oct. 24, then wide on Oct. 31. Read the original article onPeople
