‘When I get to know them, people that I work with do,’ the star said, before admitting she changed her name because another actress named Emily Stone was already a member of SAG-AFTRA.

‘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.”‘

Emma Stone revealed she prefers her real name over her stage name during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday

As the conversation unfolded, Nathan Fielder repeatedly referred to Emma as ‘Emily,’ her birth name, prompting the outlet to ask whether anyone else in the industry addressed her by that name; Emma in 2006

She was also asked whether she’d correct a fan who called her ‘Emily’ instead of ‘Emma’.

The star replied, ‘No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily.’

Back in 2018, Emma revealed her reasoning behind choosing the name Emma, citing it as a tribute to the Spice Girls.

‘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,’ she said during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

‘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.’

In the same interview, Emma cleared the air on the speculation that she called Jimmy Kimmel a ‘p***k’ over a quip at her expense at the Oscar ceremony.

The star set social media alight when Kimmel said: ‘Those were all the parts of Poor Things we’re allowed to show on TV’ – referencing Emma’s 𝑠e𝑥 scenes.

‘When I get to know them, people that I work with do,’ the star said, before admitting she changed her name because another actress named Emily Stone was already a member of SAG-AFTRA; Emma in 2008

‘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.”‘, seen in 2008

Emma was discussing her show The Curse with her costar Nathan Fielder when the moniker dilemma came up

In the same interview, Emma cleared the air on the speculation that she called Jimmy Kimmel a ‘p***k’ over a quip at her expense at the Oscar ceremony

Stone’s reaction appeared displeased; she grimaced and turned to her husband Dave McCary to share a remark.

However, speaking to THR, Stone refuted having made the comment and clarified that she wasn’t bothered by the joke.

She said: No! I didn’t call him a p***k… What did I say? I didn’t call him a p***k. I wasn’t upset with him at all. I’ll have to look that up.

‘I’m near-unoffendable.’