Actress Emily Blunt has been playing memorizing characters for the past 16 years, most notably a mysterious schoolgirl in My Summer of Love, a sassy fashion assistant in Devil Wears Prada, a potential murderous drunk girl in The Girl on the Train, Sondheim-singing baker’s wife in Into the Woods, and an ass-kicking warrior in Edge of Tomorrow. But she is still able to blend into wherever she is, writes Vanity Fair, and it is more often her husband, John Krasinski, who starred as the kind and loving Jim Halpert on the American version of The Office, who gets recognized. But Blunt, 34, is a true star: she can sing, dance, and act in almost any role. However, she is so private that her husband didn’t know she could sing until she starred in Rob Marshall’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony-winning musical Into the Woods. Blunt told Vanity Fair that she doesn’t like social media and doesn’t think that it helps make or break movies. This year, Blunt is starring in Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns, out next Christmas. She will also star alongside Krasinski in A Quiet Place, which Krasinski also directed and co-wrote. As a leading woman in Hollywood, she is not afraid to talk about the wage gap or sexual misconduct in the industry, and told Vanity Fair, “I think it is a really vital, remarkable time, and I really hope that it will translate to other social injustices because I think this is a time when people are finding their voice and using it.”
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