Emma Stone has revealed that she named herself Emma after Spice Girl Emma Bunton, but that her real name is Emily.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter the LA LA Land star said she does not reveal her real name to people initially: "When I get to know them, people that I work with."
Explaining why the two-time Oscar-winning star changed her name, the Poor Things actress said it occurred when registering with the actors union SAG-AFTRA and she discover there was already a member named Emily Stone.
'Then I freaked out a couple of years ago,' Emma continued. 'For some reason, I was like, 'I can't do it anymore. Just call me Emily."'
Stone previously spoke about her name change in 2018 on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She said: "Growing up, I was super blonde, and my real name is Emily, but I wanted to be called Emma because of Baby Spice and guess what? Now I am,
"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."
