Emma Stone, star of "The Help," which opens this weekend, gained fame as a redhead but was born a blonde. When she realized that her hair color was hindering her Hollywood career -- she was being typecast as a cheerleader -- she decided to make a change. "I just dyed my hair dark brown," she told the "Independent. "And got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair color changes ... more 

Emma Stone, star of "The Help," which opens this weekend, gained fame as a redhead but was born a blonde. When she realized that her hair color was hindering her Hollywood career -- she was being typecast as a cheerleader -- she decided to make a change. "I just dyed my hair dark brown," she told the "Independent. "And got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair color changes everything!'" Judd Apatow told her to go red for "Superbad," and that's how she stayed through "The Help." Recently though, she went back to blonde to play Gwen Strong for the upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot. "I dyed it back as soon as I could to red," she said on a recent "Conan" appearance. "I walked into my apartment and my friend Max was there, and he said, "You're a lot funnier as a redhead." less