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It’s been an Emma Stone kind of year.
Stone, 22, appeared in three feature films in 2011 and has an even bigger gig on the horizon for 2012. But what’s been refreshing about Stone’s career boom is where we don’t see her: peering out from mug shots on tabloid covers or denying the latest round of rumors that she is or is not (insert gossipy condition of your choice here).
When Stone made news off-screen, it was for things like saying that she doesn’t do nude scenes because her father would kill her. It’s a refreshing attitude, one that serves her on-screen and off.
The Scottsdale native and Valley Youth Theatre alum had a scene-stealing small-but-hilarious role in “Friends With Benefits,” heated things up with man-of-the-moment Ryan Gosling in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” and proved she knew her way around a drama in “The Help,” one of the most successful movies of the year. Each performance helped further a career that began with good notices in “Superbad” and includes a Golden Globe nomination for 2010′s “Easy A.”
(She was great during the television broadcast of the awards show early this year as well.)
Next year Stone stars in her biggest role yet — as Gwen Stacy in “The Amazing Spider-Man.” It’s the kind of job that, box-office returns willing, should lead to a franchise.
Along with the upcoming “Movie 43″ and “Gangster Squad” also on tap, there’s no reason to think 2012 won’t be a big year for Stone as well. Movie careers are tricky things, of course, and there’s no future in trying to predict them.
Better to enjoy what Stone has accomplished in 2011, then, the year she solidified her status as one of the biggest breakout stars the Valley has seen, with a lot of optimism for the future.
AZCentral.com
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