Emily Blunt reveals which movie she performed her most “stressful” stunt in, and her answer might surprise some fans.
The Oscar-nominated actress may have been surrounded by death-defying stunts in her latest film, The guy who falls just in timebut she recently said People review that his scariest move was actually in 2018 Mary Poppins Returns.
“That entrance was very stressful for me,” she remembers of the scene.
Blunt, who reprized the memorable role of Julie Andrews for the Disney musical sequel, explained that her character’s entrance “had to start in the clouds and go down to the ground while holding an umbrella in the air . And I’m supposed to effortlessly walk towards my close-up as if nothing happened.
THE Oppenheimer The star added: “I did three takes – and then I felt my tolerance go: ‘Pfft!’ And that was it. I had finished.”
However, Blunt said she noticed that director Rob Marshall wanted to do a fourth take, but she immediately stopped it.
“I did three takes and I could see Rob getting ready to do another,” the actress recalls. “I was like, ‘No, no, no, no, I’m done.’ It was finished.”
While Blunt also does a fight scene in The guy who falls just in timewhere she stars alongside Ryan Gosling, some fans may have guessed that her scariest stunts would have been in a sci-fi action film Edge of tomorrow with Tom Cruise, but that wasn’t the case.
“I did some stuff on the wire in Edge of tomorrow, which was probably more dangerous, because I took a few spills,” she said. Her performance in the 2014 film also earned her the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in an Action Film.
