Not Everybody on the All-Bald ‘Bugonia’ Screening Needed to Go Bald

Followers who attended a recent screening of the new film Bugonia received each excellent news and unhealthy information. The excellent news? Bugonia is legitimately superior, and certainly, they loved the wild journey. The unhealthy information? They in all probability may’ve left with their hair.

Earlier this week, Focus Options held a intelligent advertising screening for the brand new Yorgos Lanthimos movie, the place you bought in free of charge when you had been beforehand bald or prepared to go bald. The reason being that, within the movie, Jesse Plemons’ character kidnaps Emma Stone’s character and shaves her head so she will’t talk together with her alien overlords. Oh, proper, he thinks she’s an alien, which is the entire enjoyable of the film.

Focus even had a barber readily available to shave anybody prepared to clear their domes earlier than the film, and lots of did. However not everybody.

Author Demi Adejuyigbe was among the many first to go to social media to disclose that what began as an all-bald screening shortly pivoted. “Pal’s boyfriend is on the all-bald screening of BUGONIA and apparently shaving heads took too lengthy in order that they’re passing out bald caps. Think about being the final one who needed to shave,” Adejuyigbe posted.

Standard California meme account Americana at Model additionally posted concerning the occasion and, as folks identified, you’ll be able to see folks in bald caps within the picture.

Snuck into the most well liked screening in LA… the all-bald screening of Bugonia: https://t.co/QFctMdEUnb pic.twitter.com/hY4C7aEtaV

— Americana at Model Memes (@americanamemes) October 21, 2025

So what occurred right here? Did the shaving simply take an excessive amount of time? May folks merely select to placed on the bald cap as an alternative of shaving? io9 reached out to representatives dealing with the movie in addition to Focus Options however didn’t get a response.

However, it appears most individuals didn’t thoughts. The Los Angeles Occasions was additionally on the occasion, and within the following video, you’ll be able to see that plenty of shaving did, in reality, happen. And whereas the video additionally confirms the provision of bald caps, folks nonetheless appear to be usually comfortable concerning the occasion anyway.

You need to suppose anybody who willingly attended the screening was able to play alongside, however, as Adejuyigbe identified, there was in all probability one one who received their head shaved, then realized they didn’t need to, and perhaps that particular person didn’t really feel so nice. However, fortunately, Bugonia is superior, so a minimum of they received to see it free of charge.

Bugonia opens in restricted launch on Friday earlier than increasing on October 31. We’ll have a overview and interview with director Yorgos Lanthimos later this week.

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