Emily Blunt: a seat at the table #HarpersBazaarUK
Love Emily Blunt ! She is on the cover and chats to www.harpersbazaar.com/uk
On being in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer “She wasn’t an easy woman – she definitely didn’t conform to the 1950s housewife ideal, and yet she found herself confined to an ironing board in Mexico’s Los Alamos, which must have driven her mad”
“I found her so interesting to play, because she was a great scientist herself, but limited by the era she lived in. A lot of women a few generations ahead of me weren’t allowed the juggle of a career and children – there was an expectation they should choose, and if they did choose their career, they were frowned upon.
On staying off social media “I’m blissfully unaware of what people think about me, negative or positive”
On equal rights “Ambition is healthy – it shouldn’t be seen as a negative thing. It’s about knowing your worth and what you bring to a project, and never apologising for doing well.”
On being citizen of the United States for eight years “ I’m seduced by America’s great qualities. I have to be, right? My husband’s American, my children are American… That’s three of my favourite people in the world. I feel very at home here in brooklyn . It’s like a village within New York, with all the spontaneity combined with the reality of being in a big city.” So many of her close friends live nearby, she adds, that “it’s almost like being on Sesame Street!”
On Fame: “When I see myself up on a billboard, I have this complete dissociation with it … I’m like, ‘Who’s that?’ And I can see my children doing the same — they might say, ‘Oh, there’s Mama,’ but it’s not exciting for them. What’s exciting for them is when I can pick them up from school and take them swimming.
On Motherhood “Because even though they’re hardy, and they’re used to this strange life, it’s still rough on them when I have to go away. It makes my toes curl when people tell me, ‘My daughter wants to be an actress,’ ” I want to say, ‘Don’t do it!’ ” because Hollywood is “a hard industry and it can be very disappointing.”
“A lot of people tell you not to take things personally – but it’s completely personal, especially when you’re being judged on how you look,” she said. “So you just have to endure that side of things.”
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