Emma Stone Is Indignant You Would Suppose She Dared to Play Miss Piggy within the New ‘Muppets’ Film

The Muppets‘ comeback is thrilling to ponder, with a Disney+ special coming in February and a themed roller-coaster opening at Walt Disney World later this 12 months. However probably the most thrilling iron within the hearth is the Miss Piggy-centric movie that Oscar-winning stars Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence dreamed up collectively, with Tony winner Cole Escola engaged on the script. Simply don’t ask Stone if she’s going to be enjoying Miss Piggy, as a result of there may be solely one Miss Piggy.

The venture got here up in an interview with W Magazine, through which Stone was cheekily requested if she’d be taking over the function of probably the most glamorous Muppet. Her reply was equally cheeky, however we wish to think about a few of this fake rage was really real.

“To start with, that’s the largest insult to Miss Piggy I’ve ever heard, and I cannot have her identify dragged by way of the mud like that. Why would I play a literal star? She’s the best,” Stone mentioned. “No, after all I’m not enjoying Miss Piggy. And neither is Jen. We pale as compared. Are you out of your thoughts? Miss Piggy is enjoying Miss Piggy. She can be storming out proper now on the mere suggestion.”

Good to know her priorities are so as! Sadly that’s nearly the one factor we all know for positive concerning the Miss Piggy film, although we are able to think about with this expertise behind the digital camera, no matter emerges will likely be value ready for.

And for those who’re impatient for extra lavender accessories, karate chops, feather boas, third-person referencing oneself as “moi,” and frog lust within the meantime, Miss Piggy will likely be entrance and middle alongside Sabrina Carpenter in The Muppet Present‘s large one-night-only return, February 4 on Disney+ and ABC.

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