Emma Stone Reveals She ‘Would Like to Be’ Called by Her Real Name: ‘That Would Be So Nice’

The two-time Oscar winner revealed in a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, alongside her The Curse costar Nathan Fielder, that she prefers to go by her given name, Emily, when possible.

In fact, when asked by THR whether she’d correct a fan who called her by her real name instead of Emma, the 35-year-old responded, “No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily.”

Stone said “people that I work with” call her Emily, “when I get to know them,” and noted that she made her stage name “Emma Stone” because Emily Stone “was taken” by another actress who was a member of SAG-AFTRA before her.

“Then I freaked out a couple of years ago,” she told the outlet. “For some reason, I was like, ‘I can’t do it anymore. Just call me Emily.’ Nathan calls me Em, which is easier.”

Backtracking slightly, Stone continued, “It wasn’t necessarily because of her but yes, in second grade, did I go up to the teacher on the first day and ask her to call me Emma? Yes I did.”

“And was it because of Emma Lee Bunton from the Spice Girls? Yes it was,” she added.