How Jesse Plemons became Hollywood’s most unlikely leading man

NEW YORK

When Jesse Plemons signed on to play an unhinged conspiracy theorist in “Bugonia,” he hadn’t quite registered how much time he’d be spending in a beekeeper suit. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Running in a beekeeper suit. Kidnapping Emma Stone’s enigmatic pharma CEO in a beekeeper suit. Committing outrageous acts of violence in a beekeeper suit. Furiously biking (while overcome with regret for said acts of violence) in a beekeeper suit. All while shooting the absurdist comedy in the middle of a “boiling” summer.

“It was pretty hot in that bee suit, I’ll tell you that much!” Plemons says.

It’s been over a year since Plemons shot “Bugonia” — his second film in two years sparring with Stone in a surrealist farce from Greek director