Bugonia's Jesse Plemons On Playing Conspiracy-Obsessed Teddy: 'The Idea That Our Data Is Mined...'

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Jesse Plemons has collaborated with the visionary filmmaker, Yorgos Lanthimos, known for his provocative storytelling and surreal visual style. The actor plays a central character in Bugonia- a genre-bending exploration of paranoia, delusion, and digital-age madness. The film also stars Academy Award winner Emma Stone and breakout newcomer Aidan Delbis. The film releases in India on October 31, 2025. Ahead of the film’s India release, Jesse Plemons opens up about playing the conspiracy theorist Teddy.

In preparation for his role, Jesse Plemons went down several rabbit holes, reading about conspiracy paranoia in books like Naomi Klein’s Doppelgänger. The actor says, “One thing that Klein said that really makes sense is, with a lot of people that migrate towards som