Emma Stone got a red carpet kiss from her husband Dave McCary as she was joined by Alicia Silverstone and Noomi Rapace at the Bugonia premiere.  

The La La Land actress, 36, is the star of Bugonia, a new movie by director Yorgos Lanthimos. 

Stepping out in Italy for the Venice Film Festival premiere of the dark comedy on Thursday, Emma turned heads in a glitzy silver gown. 

As she walked the red carpet she was joined by her husband Dave, who planted a kiss on her cheek as they posed for snaps. 

Emma's gown featured a striking balloon skirt design and diamante spaghetti straps, completing the look with a pair of Roger Vivier Epine Sandals.  

Also in attendance was Clueless star Alicia, who features in the film in the role of Sandy. 

Alicia, 48, opted for a white chiffon floaty shirt dress for the event, featuring a roll neckline and scarf detailing.

The actress paired the gown with statement platform silver metallic heels and an array of silver jewellery. 

Making a striking appearance on the red carpet was Swedish actress Noomi, who stepped out in a plunging white shirt, black suit trousers and a full length cape-style blazer.

Noomi's blazer featured a cropped style at front paired with a full-length cape style back and split arms. 

The star of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 45, completed her ensemble with a slicked back hairdo and cat eye sunglasses.

Another star spotted on the red carpet was Jesse Plemons, who stars as Teddy, a conspiracist beekeeper, alongside Emma and Alicia in the film. 

They were also joined by another beloved actor who often stars in Yorgos's flicks, Willem Dafoe, who last starred alongside Emma and Jesse in Kinds of Kindness.  

In the new dark comedy, Emma plays a CEO who is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorists who think she is an extraterrestrial being.

Asked if she believed in the existence of an ultimate intelligence looking down on humanity she said: 'I don't know about looking down on us, but one of my favorite people who has ever lived is Carl Sagan.

'I watched his show Cosmos and I fell madly in love with his philosophy and science and how brilliant he seems to be.

'I think he very deeply believed that the idea that we're alone in this vast expansive universe is a pretty narcissistic thing to think. So yes I'm coming out and saying it, I believe in aliens! Thank you!'

Earlier she had joked after being asked how she deals with success without turning into an alien: 'How do you know I'm not an alien?'

She added: 'I think there's a tricky aspect to that answer that's probably longer than anything that anyone would want to listen to right now. But I think everyone sort of deals with that now. We all can relate to that feeling of someone thinking they know you; feeling like you don't have much control of the avatar outside of me.

'Because there's me, and then there's me, here. There's the person who comes here and then there's the person who I am with my friends and family. They're the same person, but it's what I do to keep myself sane.'

Emma won a best actress Oscar for her performance in the Lanthimos film Poor Things and said that she loved being in his family of performers. 

She was required to shave her head for the role and said of that: 'It's the easiest thing. You just take the razor and shave it. It's so much easier than any other hairstyle.'

Emma and co-star Jesse had a number of fight scenes which they partly performed themselves, with the use of stunt doubles. Jesse said: 'It's very easy when you read in the script: 'Teddy is running.' You think OK. But Teddy is running a lot – for pretty much the whole of the third act.'

Bugonia is a loose remake of the 2003 Korean film Save The Green Planet! However Lanthimos believes that it is neither fictional nor dystopian. He said: 'A lot of it is very reflective of the real world. So I wouldn't necessarily call it a dystopian film, which, in my mind, is presenting an image of the future and what happened to civilization.'

He went on: 'Humanity is facing a reckoning very soon and people need choose the right path, otherwise, I don't know how much time we have with everything that's happening in the world, with technology, AI, wars, climate change and the denial of all these things.'

Lanthimos was last on the Lido in 2023 with his gothic comedy Poor Things which won the festival's Golden Lion for best film before earning four Oscars, including best actress for Stone.

In 2024 Emma again starred in the anthology drama Kinds of Kindness which premiered at Cannes Film Festival.