- "When we catch him, I
want you to set me on fire." Come on, what is that from? When we catch who? Is it like a TV thing? Hi, I'm Emily Blunt and I'm gonna guess some
lines from my films. (light music) (keys clicking) (upbeat music) Ah, okay, "You went upstairs? You went upstairs. Oh my God. Why didn't you just
crawl into bed with her and ask for a bedtime story?" "The Devil Wears Prada."
(bell dinging) (Emily laughing) - You went upstairs. You went upstairs, oh my God. Why didn't you just
climb into bed with her and ask for a bedtime story?
- Okay. - I didn't know enough in any way about the fashion industry
going into that movie. I didn't quite realize how intense it was. And friends of mine who've
worked in the fashion industry say that that film does
manage to capture that. But I think it was a bit of a voyage of discovery for me in every way. Like not just about the
industry itself, but about style and the art of it and
like how important it is. And I think I'd just been
dressing like a teenage boy until that happened and I learned a lot. "You don't get to commit the sin and then ask us all to feel sorry for you when there are consequences." I know this 'cause it's
recent, it's "Oppenheimer." (bell dinging) - You don't get to commit the sin and then I was all feel
sorry for the consequences. - So "Oppenheimer," I
prepared by reading the book that the movie was inspired
by "American Prometheus," which is like that. But there were so many
wonderful little snippets of her and indicators of sort of
what a startling force she was as a person and how unusual
in a way she was for the time. What a non-conformist she was. She was pretty fierce. And there were wonderful clues
in that book that unlocked the mystery of her for me. I mean I always felt that you are left and it's probably due to
Cillian's sort of very mercurial, beautiful performance that
keeps you leaning in, wondering what he feels about what he's created. You really see the trauma in his character of what he's unleashed on the world and how conflicted he
probably is about it. But what was interesting
is when I read the script, I sort of wasn't sure
if he was truly atoning for his sins or if he was sort of
playing the martyr to try to absolve himself of it. "We're on the brink of adventure,
children, don't spoil it with too many questions." "Mary Poppins."
(bell dinging) - We're on the brink of
an adventure, children, don't spoil it with too many questions. - There's something about the buoyancy or the atmosphere that
Rob Marshall creates. I miss making musicals with Rob. I mean he gives you wings
of confidence and freedom. I think it's still
really unnerving singing in front of people. I had terror taking on
the role of Mary Poppins. I think that the fact that it
had been played by somebody so iconic and it was such an iconic role, the pressure I probably
put on myself to kind of carve out new space for myself and make a different version of her, I think maybe that's the most scary part. "What is your crossbow
doing on the kitchen table?" It's, there's only one movie
I've had a crossbow in. It's "Five Year-Engagement."
(bell dinging) Wow, pulling that one out. - Whoa.
- What is your crossbow doing on the kitchen table? - I was glued to Jason Segel for the entirety of that movie. You know, it was a five-year engagement so we were in it with each other. "I'm a little ru-"
(Emily spitting) (Emily laughing) Oh this gets me, okay. "I'm a little rusty in
the Puka Michuna dialect, so I want you to translate
what I say, word for word." This is "Jungle Cruise."
(bell dinging) - I'm a little rusty in
the Puka Michuna dialect so I want you to translate
what I say, word for word. - Okay. - That scene was so
impossible to get through. I mean I've never claimed
to speak Puka Michuna. You'd have to take that up
with Dwayne Johnson who claims to speak Puka Michuna. Hearing Dwayne Johnson speak Puka Michuna, which he clearly was just
making up on the spot. I just remember Jack Whitehall and I just weeping with laughter. (Frank speaking Puka Michuna) - MacGregor. (Frank speaking Puka Michuna) - I remember Jaume, our director,
going like, "Guys, please, I literally don't even
have a scene to cut." It was impossible. That was one of the hardest days on set. "Who are we if we can't protect them? We have to protect them." "A Quiet Place."
(bell dinging) "A Quiet Place" part one. Yeah, 'cause I said that to
John when he was still alive. (Emily laughing) - Who are we if we can't protect them? - I mean I love the freedom of the unspoken stuff between people. I love it even in a regular movie. It's sort of the more interesting parts of scenes is the space between people. So I loved the challenge of it and you can communicate
so much you realize without having to over word things. Okay ha. "All this power wasted on parties when there are far greater uses." What is that from? "All this power wasted on parties." Parties? We're not talking about
political parties, are we? What are we talking about? Where is that from? What have I done? Oh my God. (Emily laughing)
(buzzer buzzing) Oh for God's sake. "My Little Pony: The Movie." How did I not pull that out? - All this power wasted on parties. - "My Favorite Pony" was one I did. Tempest? Is her name Tempest? "Anything is possible,
because I'm not the girl I used to be." (card thumping) Is it "Young Victoria?"
(buzzer buzzing) (Emily sighing) Is it some random one again? "Anything is possible because I'm not the girl I used to be." I don't know.
(buzzer buzzing) What is it? - [Rachel] Anything is possible
because I am not the girl I used to be. - Of course you read the book, you know, and then you realize you're gonna have to create your own version of what people have loved
about the character. And also just that you've got
an unreliable hero is kind of fun to play that 'cause you're kind of playing
two things with that part. You're playing the truth
of what she's experiencing, but also you need to remember
what the audience are going through and kind of thread
that needle between truthful and also trying to pull
the wool over a bit. It was fun. "Come find me when you wake up!" I say to Tom Cruise in "Edge of tomorrow." (bell dinging) Or "All you Need is Kill"
or "Lived Die Repeat," it could be any of those titles. I don't really know why
it has so many titles. - Come find me when you wake up. (bomb exploding) - I mean, I don't think
I'd really properly ever worked out before that movie. I think I'd done what
most people did in the gym which is sort of wander
around checking their phone. And I was unprepared for how
hard that was going to be. Like two workouts a day for three months and those exosuits were
so heavy and so extreme. But I kind of loved transforming
like that for a part. It was pretty cool. I love working with Tom. He's really joyful to work with 'cause he's so excited about the process. He's so passionate. He was unbelievably generous
to me and I felt challenged me and sort of tightened the
screws on me when it came to what I thought I could do physically. And you know, he's got no
problem jumping off buildings. So you kind of have to
join the party a bit. "When we catch him, I want
you to set me on fire? When we catch him., I want
you to set me on fire." Come on, what is that from. When we catch who? Is it like a TV thing? - Is it "Boudica?"
(bell dinging) Yes. That was my first TV job.
"Boudica: Warrior Queen?" - When we catch him, I
want you to set me on fire. - I remember it was in Romania. It was the middle of winter. I remember loving it. Like I, we were such a crew together staying in Bucharest, Romania, and I remember the cold, I remember the horse
riding was really scary. Sort of bareback horse riding in it. Everyone covered in blue wode. And I remember one really seedy
nightclub that we went to. I mean, I'm still in disbelief now that I get to do this job. It is such a gift. I just love it so much. And in the beginning I
don't remember having sort of outlandish ambitions for myself. I remember being thrilled
at whatever gig I got. So I still maybe disassociate
a bit like where I am now, compared to where I started out. But I'm grateful, I
guess, for the journey. (upbeat music)
