Emma Stone admits she 'deleted' all her emails and 'cried for an hour' after Sony hacks

 
Freaked out: Emma Stone deleted all her emails after the Sony hack (Picture: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Jennifer Ruby17 June 2015
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Emma Stone has revealed that she deleted six years worth of emails and 'cried for an hour' following the Sony hacking scandal

The famously private A-lister, who had her email address and mobile phone number published on WikiLeaks after the hack, has admitted that she responded by completely wiping her inbox.

Speaking to The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Stone said: "I was getting all these emails and texts from people I didn’t know - ‘Hi, I’m Joe from the U.K. I like your movies’ - and I was so overwhelmed that I went to my inbox and I deleted all my emails."

While her account hadn't actually been compromised, the Birdman star wanted to get rid of everything as she felt invaded.

She said: "In about a 30-second span, I hit ‘Select All’ and ‘Delete Forever,’ and thousands of emails, like six years of emails, are now gone forever."

Stone added: "I was just so freaked out that someone was in there. It was horrible. I cried for like an hour."

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Despite the dramatic response to her details being made public, the star has admitted that she actually only received a handful of emails and text messages from people she didn't know.

She said: "It was probably five emails and five texts. I just went there."

The hacks also revealed that Stone was in talks for a leading role in the new all-female Ghostbusters remake, now starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig.

Stone reveals that she actually turned down the project, saying: "The script was really funny. It just didn’t feel like the right time for me. A franchise is a big commitment - it’s a whole thing. I think maybe I need a minute before I dive back into that water.”

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