Ken Jennings says Emma Stone still has to pass a test to go on Jeopardy!

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Ken Jennings stated that Jeopardy! would take Emma Stone “in a heartbeat” however like different contestants, she still has to pass a test earlier than coming on the present.

On a 22 January look on Live with Kelly and Mark, the previous Jeopardy! champion turned host was requested by co-host Mark Consuelos if he had heard that the Poor Things star revealed she applies to go on the sport present yearly.

“Yeah, she wants to be on – and she doesn’t want to be on [Celebrity Jeopardy],” the 49-year-old host stated to Consuelos. “She wants to be on real, original recipe Jeopardy! I mean, that’s a hard show.”

“We would take her in a heartbeat,” he added. Co-host Kelly Ripa then requested if there have been some necessities – similar to an audition – that Stone would have to meet earlier than being chosen to compete on the present. Jennings replied that the 35-year-old actor “would have to go through the same tests” as the opposite contestants.

“We no longer make people go to the mall or to a hotel to audition for the show,” he stated, explaining that lately, potential Jeopardy! contestants can audition on-line. “I think she might have a leg up, though. She’s probably pretty good on camera.”

While showing on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast, Stone first revealed that it’s her dream to compete on the long-running sport present. “I apply every June,” she revealed throughout the podcast. She famous that her objective was to problem herself, “I don’t want to go on Celebrity Jeopardy! I want to earn my stripes.”

“You can only take the test once a year with your email address, and I’ve never gotten on the show,” Stone stated, including that she watches the sport present “every single night” and retains monitor of her solutions for every query.

Besides actively campaigning to compete Jeopardy!, Stone is sizzling off of two current awards season wins on the 2024 Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards for her efficiency as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. The actor was additionally awarded a Globe as a producer on the movie after it gained for Best Picture in a Musical or Comedy on the 7 January awards ceremony.

“Yorgos, I don’t know what I could say to you that I haven’t said to you already,” Stone thanked Lanthimos throughout her acceptance speech on the Globes. “But I will forever be grateful that we met. Forever. And playing Bella was unbelievable.”

Stone can be nominated on the 2024 BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards for her Poor Things efficiency. The film is anticipated to obtain a number of nominations on the upcoming 96th Academy Awards. Nominations for the awards ceremony shall be launched on 23 January.