Emma Stone was reduced to floods of tears during a Q&A for her new movie Poor Things in London after an autistic fan told her about his ‘lonely’ school life.
The actress, 35, became tearful on Thursday as the man poured his heart out, revealing that her old Saturday Night Live sketches got him through school.
The Amazing Spider Man star then jumped off the stage to give him a hug.
Emma, who won two Golden Globes for her role in the new film, portrays Bella Baxter, a Frankenstein-style woman brought back to life by scientist Dr Godwin Baxter.
In a Q&A session at a screening in London’s Curzon Soho, the audience member said: ‘I have been watching your career for the last 12 years. I love Poor Things. I have watched it six times.
Emma Stone was reduced to floods of tears during a Q&A for Poor Things in London after an autistic fan opened up how she helped him during his ‘lonely’ school life
The actress, 35, gives the young fan a big hug at the Q&A event
‘You always bring electricity to the screen in every single one of your performances and everything you create is always pure and honest.
‘I have really fell [sic] in love with your heart, your confidence, your wicked strength, your advocacy for mental health and awareness. Growing up as one of the very few autistic kids in school, I felt lonely and unable to make friends. During recess I would sneak inside a computer room to watch your old SNL sketches.
‘You mentioned on a few occasions that you felt insecure when you didn’t graduate high school and didn’t go to college, but I enjoyed the comfort and the safety that you brought me during those years,’
The audience then erupted in applause.
The audience member greeted her with a huge bouquet as they held one another, crying and unable to control their emotions.
Emma privately told the man ‘that was so cute’ as they shared another heartfelt hug.
As the teary actress returned to the stage, she asked if he had a question.
Emma, who won two Golden Globes for her role in the new film, portrays Bella Baxter, a woman brought back to life by scientist Dr Godwin Baxter
In a Q&A session at a UK screening at Curzon Soho, the audience member told Emma that he was very lonely in school and struggled to make friends and so would watch her SNL sketches
The audience then erupted in applause as Emma was reduced to floods of tears by the moving story
He replied: ‘What is your favourite message that you are going to take on for the rest of your life from this experience?’
Emma replied: ‘I think Bella too is someone who gets to experience life in a way that isn’t defined by social constructs and she is able to take in life experiences in a completely original way.
‘She sees the good and the bad in equal measure and she is fascinated by what life has to offer and she is not like anybody else and that is deeply inspiring and so I think that is the biggest thing that has touched me most deeply.’
For the star-studded event, Emma looked sensational in a long black leather skirt, black sheer tights and a thick black vest top.
She added inches to her statuesque figure in a pair of open-toed black heels.
She accessorised her matrix-inspired look with an Elsa Peretti Bean design pendant and Tiffany lock earrings.
For the star-studded event, Emma looked sensational in a long black leather skirt, black sheer tights and a thick black vest top
In January, Emma won her second Golden Globe for her portrayal of Bella in the film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (pictured together)
Director Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone attend the special screening at Curzon Soho, and pose alongside Bella’s costumes
In January, Emma won her second Golden Globe for her portrayal of Bella.
The critically acclaimed movie also features Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef.
Based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, the film follows Bella, a young woman in Victorian London, who is resurrected by a scientist (Willem) following her suicide and embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery and 𝑠e𝑥ual liberation.
The award follows her 2017 win for musical film La La Land which she co-led with Ryan Gosling and for which she also received an Oscar and a BAFTA.
Through Poor Things, Emma is nominated for two Oscars: Best Picture and Best Actress and the film is nominated in a further nine categories.
To secure her second Oscar, Emma will have to beat out Annette Bening for Nyad, Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Huller for Anatomy of a Fall, and Carey Mulligan for Maestro.
Emma won the Critics Choice Award for her role and is nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for her performance in Poor Things.
She will reunite with Willem, 68, in another Yorgos Lanthimos production, anthology film Kinds Of Kindness.
The film will also star Joe Alwyn, who dated Taylor Swift, and Euphoria star Hunter Schafer.
She has been tipped to win an Oscar for her portrayal of Bella Baxter in the comedy
The film is nominated in a further nine categories in a huge feat for Yorgos Lanthimos