Emma Stone Admits Conspiracy Rabbit Hole Scared Her During ‘Eddington’ Filming

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There’s a certain charm in instantly finding solutions to your queries by using a phone. However, this convenience can also be unsettling since one quick question might lead to an overflow of related content in your search results. This situation is something that actress Emma Stone has experienced firsthand during the filming of Ari Aster’s Eddington, where her algorithm became a “rabbit hole” filled with intriguing, yet potentially wild information. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, the Western movie is set to hit theaters on July 18, 2025. In this film, Stone portrays the role of Joaquin Phoenix‘s character’s (Joe Cross, Eddington’s sheriff) wife, Louise, and in preparation for the part, she delved into studying conspiracy theories.

In the movie, her character stumbled into a maze of conspiracies upon encountering Austin Butler’s character. As reported by Variety, since she needed to grasp conspiracy theories for an authentic portrayal, some of those ideas have persisted in her thought processes. At the Cannes Film Festival, Stone pondered during an interview about how unsettling it is to continue seeing such content on social platforms.

What made me feel slightly uneasy about the algorithm system was discovering elements in the film that weren’t part of my algorithm initially. Unfortunately, these items got incorporated into my algorithm. Once you begin researching it, you uncover more and more related things. Essentially, it turns into a bottomless pit of information very swiftly. Regrettably, I’m still encountering some rather unusual content.

At the Cannes Film Festival, Eddington was met with a five-minute long standing ovation. In this film, Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal portray characters involved in a confrontation within the fictional town of Eddington, New Mexico. The sheriff (Joe Cross) and mayor (Ted Garcia, who is also running for reelection) have contrasting personalities, which creates tension that escalates to a volatile situation as residents find themselves at odds with one another. Director Aster’s Western film doesn’t explicitly support any political ideology; instead, it presents both perspectives while being set in May 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pedro Pascal humorously recounted an amusing anecdote from his COVID-19 lockdown, admitting that he resorted to watching the entire filmography of ‘Twin Peaks’ actor Lara Flynn Boyle to avoid algorithm suggestions. He explained, “I found myself engrossed in several seasons of David E. Kelley’s ‘The Practice’ which was available on Hulu. Besides that, I watched shows about airports, like old A&E programs featuring people losing their cool at the airport or attempting to relocate their homes using only Southwest Airlines instead of a shipping company – you know, self-education.

‘Eddington’ Reviews Are Mixed, But Not Necessarily Bad

Although some critics view Ari Aster’s Eddington as a downward turn in film quality, numerous favorable reviews exist as well. Western films, ranging from their classic era to contemporary productions within the genre, often incorporate political themes into their narratives. These themes can be subtly implied or overtly expressed. Criticism is inevitable for anything presented to the public, but movies like this tend to inspire in-depth analysis.

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2025-05-17 20:02