Emma Stone on the ‘Gross’ Way Wearing a Corset for a Role Changed Her Body

Stone appeared on The Graham Norton Show show to promote her new film, The Favourite, in which she plays a member of Queen Anne’s court in 18th-century England. Getting into character apparently required that Stone wear a corset during filming, which had some unintended consequences. According to the actor, the corset caused her internal organs to move in her body—and it was very unpleasant.
“After about a month, my organs shifted because they have to,” Stone said in the interview. Her costumes, she said, pushed her organs far away from her ribs, and changed the shape of her body. “It was only temporary, but it was gross.”

So if you’re eyeing a period costume for Halloween this year, heed Emma Stone’s advice from the set of her latest film: Skip the historically accurate corset, no matter how historically accurate it may be.

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