Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt are taking us on a wild ride down memory lane!
Picture this: it’s 2006, and the dynamic duo, famous for gracing the screen together in The Devil Wears Prada, are now chit-chatting in Variety’s Actors on Actors series. Brace yourselves for a rollercoaster of laughter, nostalgia, and probably a sprinkle of stardust.
Recalling their first encounter on The Devil Wears Prada set, Anne spills the beans: “Emily hadn’t even been cast yet. Rumors were floating around about this fantastic English girl who’s hilarious. So, I stroll into the room, and there she is — cue the imaginary drumroll — ‘What a movie star!'” Emily, bewildered, asks, “Are you serious?” Anne continues, “You were practically a glitter bomb. Then, we decided to grab coffee, and I gave her the grand tour of my neighborhood.”
Fast forward to reminiscing about the movie that left us quoting lines every week. Emily drops the bombshell: “We had an absolute blast making that film. None of us knew it would blow up the way it did. It’s like the movie that played a game of ‘Let’s change Emily’s life.'”
Reflecting on their on-screen collaboration, Emily chuckles, “I couldn’t stop laughing because, let’s be real, I was pretty awful to you most of the time in that movie. But your little face, Anne, it was just so beautifully befuddled.”
Anne spills the tea on the genius of Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, saying, “Meryl could whip up 18 different lines on the spot. Stanley was doing the same, and there I was, like a kindergarten student wondering, ‘How are they all so good?'”
Shifting gears to more recent performances, Anne showers Emily with praise for her Oppenheimer role: “I’m at a loss for words. You’re absolutely splendid in it. Kitty is like a dying star, contracting around her life. When she finally opens up, you feel the pain and indignity she’s carried.” Emily, ever the charmer, responds, “Anne, your Eileen performance had me spellbound. You just glided into this muted world with ferocious allure. You’re insanely sexy in that movie. I’m about to make you blush.”
Anne and Emily, the queens of quirk and charm, taking us on a whimsical journey through Hollywood hilarity and heartstring-tugging performances.
