Just some of my favorite Emily Blunt films
Oh Emily. How I love you. No seriously. She’s phenomenal and I’m a big fan of her husband too. The British actress is currently scaring the cinema audiences with A quiet place, the horror/thriller that is directed by her real life husband John Krasinski, and the movie is not that bad either.
She had her start on the big screen in 2004 with Pawel Pawlikowski’s drama My Summer of love but her big break came 2 years later with The Devil Wears Prada. Emily earned her Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress and she hasn’t look back since.
She played Queen Victoria, and starred opposite Tom Cruise. Oh and she’ll be playing Mary Poppins too, but I digress. I want to talk about my favorite movies starring Emily Blunt. Yes. The Devil is included but I want to mention some of her other great films cause she has them.
Let’s begin shall we?
My Summer of Love (2004)
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Stars: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine…
Fun fact about the movie: My Summer of love has Emily Blunt’s first on-screen love scene.
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Director: David Frankel
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier…
Fun fact about the movie: Emily Blunt was cast before Anne Hathaway. In several scenes, she is seen running about in the background, though never written nor directed. She felt her character would always be busy, and wanted to keep her alive in the film. Also, most of her wardrobe is from Vivienne Westwood.
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Director: Robin Swicord
Stars: Kathy Baker, Emily Blunt, Hugh Dancy, Amy Brenneman…
Fun fact about the movie: Although they play teacher and student, Emily Blunt is only a year older than Kevin Zegers.
Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
Director: Christine Jeffs
Stars: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin…
Fun fact about the movie: A kiss scene was filmed between Norah (Emily Blunt) and Lynn (Mary Lynn Rajskub) but cut from the finished film.
The Young Victoria (2009)
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Stars: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany…
Fun fact about the movie: Emily Blunt’s costumes wore were insured for £10,000 each.
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
Director: George Nolfi
Stars: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson…
Fun fact about the movie: According to Emily Blunt, filming at the Statue of Liberty was frequently interrupted by onlookers yelling out “Matt Damon!” in imitation of the puppet from Team America: World Police.
Your Sister’s Sister (2011)
Director: Lynn Shelton
Stars: Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt…
Fun fact about the movie: The movie was shot in 12 days and it was largely improvised.
Looper (2012)
Director: Rian Johnson
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt…
Fun fact about the movie: The second of three films that star Emily Blunt, which involve characters trying to change the future: the first was The Adjustment Bureau (2011), and the third was Edge of Tomorrow (2014).
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Director: Doug Liman
Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton…
Fun fact about the movie: Tom Cruise admitted that Emily Blunt was an actress he wanted to work with for a long time, and he recommended her to the producers for the role of Rita.
Sicario (2015)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro…
Fun fact about the movie: Emily Blunt based Kate Macer’s character on one of four female FBI agents she spoke to in preparation for the role, whom she described as “shy” and with a “loner quality” to them.