Emma Stone Talks Poor Things & The Curse at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic

On June 3, Emma Stone could be seen chasing down a cater waiter at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, hoping to grab a miniature strawberry ice cream cone from his platter.

“Are you kidding me?! Oh my god,” she said, pulling a face reminiscent of the look that became an infamous gif from Easy A. “I need one!”

The actress earned every bite of that teeny cone after gamely posing for photographs and doing interviews with reporters at the event’s step and repeat. Stone attended the annual polo match held at Liberty State Park for the very first time on Saturday, where views of lower Manhattan across the river were not obstructed by overcast weather. For years, the Polo Classic has been a favorite for celebrities, fans of the sport, and those simply looking to dress up and have an afternoon picnic. This year was no different—as Stone was joined on the carpet by Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley, Darren Criss, Jeremy Pope, and Joy Sunday of Wednesday fame. Wearing head-to-toe Louis Vuitton—a striped yellow and white crepe t-shirt; a cream tiered and studded skirt, and a pair of particularly chic slingbacks—Stone kept her sunglasses perched on the bridge of her nose for nearly the entire afternoon.

Although she’s in full summer vacation mode at the moment (“Nothing!” she cried gleefully when I asked her what she was currently working on), the actress has a slate of highly anticipated projects dropping come fall. First up: Poor Things, the latest project in the Emma-Stone-Yorgos-Lanthimos universe. The fantasy film, based upon a 1992 Alasdair Gray novel of the same name, has already generated tons of buzz, not least because of its starry cast (Ramy Youssef, Willem…