Yorgos Lanthimos asked composer Jerskin Fendrix to create the scores for Povere creature! (2023) & Kinds of Kindness (2024), by reading the scripts without seeing any footage of the films. For Bugonia (2025), Lanthimos did not provide the script, giving Fendrix only "four key words" to work with.
Emma Stone's fifth collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos after La favorita (2018), Vlihi (2022), Povere creature! (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).
Bugonia will be Yorgos Lanthimos' first film shot in multiple countries. with scenes filmed in Henley-on-Thames, England, others in Atlanta, USA, and the final chapter includes scenes shot on Milos Island, Greece. It also marks his first English-language feature-length film with parts filmed in his home country of Greece.
Bugonia will feature new, unknown professional actors alongside stars Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone. This was a deliberate choice by Lanthimos, who is well-known for frequently casting both professional and non-professional unknown actors in his films. This time, however, their contribution will evidently be more significant.