Emily Blunt has revealed the exact three words that will make her turn down an acting job completely.
The 40-year-old actress has appeared in a number of major Hollywood blockbusters, including The Devil Wears Prada, Oppenheimer and A Quiet Place.
But Emily has given insight into her rigorous selection process for her roles, admitting she has very specific criteria.
She admitted that she will immediately reject a script if she sees three very specific words because she knows the role will be “stoic.”
Speaking to The Telegraph in 2022, she said: “It’s the worst thing when you open a script and read the words ‘strong female lead’.
Rules: Emily Blunt has revealed that if she sees the words “strong female lead” in a script, she will immediately turn down the role because she knows it will be a “stoic” character
“That makes me roll my eyes – I’m already out. ‘I’m bored.’
“These roles are written in an incredibly stoic way, you spend the whole time acting tough and saying tough things,” she added.
Emily, who was promoting her role as Lady Cornelia Locke in The English at the time, said she loved playing a character with a “secret” instead.
She has an impressive resume of starring roles, including playing a sassy assistant in The Devil Wears Prada; an FBI agent in Sicario and a survival trainer in Edge of Tomorrow.
She recently enjoyed great success with the role of Kitty Oppenheimer in the biopic about the life of Robert Oppenheimer, played on screen by Cillian Murphy.
Oppenheimer told the complex story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Manhattan Project, the team that built the world’s first atomic bomb.
Emily most recently starred in Pain Hustlers alongside Chris Evans, Andy Garcia and Catherine O’Hara, and recently completed filming The Fall Guy – a film adaptation of the hit TV series – alongside Ryan Gosling series from the 1980s.
Her latest comments come after Emily denounced gender inequality and insisted women were pressured to be “warm and personable” while men were not “held to the same standards.”
Passionate: Instead, Emily – who recently starred in new release Pain Hustlers (pictured) – said she loved playing a character with a “secret” instead.
In July, Emily explained that women are considered “too ambitious or emotional” if they express their opinions forcefully.
Of female actors, Emily told The Guardian: “I think there’s still a pressure to be likeable and kind of warm and relatable, and men aren’t held to the same standards.” Nobody cared if Leonardo DiCaprio was in The Wolf of Wall Street was likeable.”
When asked if women are more open, the actress replied: “Yes, but I could also generalize and say that many women tend to avoid things because we are not often given the opportunity to speak honestly.”
“Or you may be considered too ambitious or emotional if someone appears to express their opinion with a spirited opinion.”
Emily, who is mother to daughters Hazel, nine, and Violet, six, with her actor husband John Krasinski, also addressed speculation that she is leaving Hollywood.
After Emily announced she was taking a year off from acting to spend time with her family, she assured fans, “I’m not leaving Hollywood.” It’s OK, guys. I’m just taking a little time off.”
Career: She recently enjoyed great success with the role of Kitty Oppenheimer in the biopic about the life of Robert Oppenheimer, who was played on screen by Cillian Murphy
Break: Emily – mother of daughters Hazel, nine, and Violet, six, with her actor husband John Krasinski (pictured) – also recently dispelled speculation that she is leaving Hollywood
Emily didn’t specify when the break began when she initially told the Table for Two podcast about the break.
She said, “I’m not working this year.” I worked quite a bit last year and my oldest baby is nine, so we’re in the single digits for the last year.
“And I just feel [like] There are cornerstones in their day that are so important when they are little. And it’s, “Do you want to wake me up?” Are you taking me to school? Do you pick me up? Will you take me to bed?”‘
“And I just have to be there for all of them for a while.” And I just felt that in my bones.’