Director Nicholas Stoller (of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek fame) has made a film that balances raucous giggles and teary sniffles. Blunt attributes this to a fresh script (co-written by Stoller and Segel) that doesn’t pander to the lowest common denominator.
“Nick and Jason wrote something funny that’s engrained more in truth than vulgarity,” she says. “It’s not this vague gloss you see in a lot of romantic comedies with a silly premise, where women are completely objectified.”
The film is a study of relationships, and there’s real heart to proceedings. Blunt says the boys were far from precious about their script, positively encouraging improvisation. “You bring a lot of yourself to the table. You’re kind of writing it in your head as you’re saying it, so the character feels quite personal.”
No rom-com queen, Blunt’s career has encompassed everything from a quirky adaptation of a Philip K Dick novella The Adjustment Bureau, to lush period drama The Young Victoria. One of her most memorable performances was as the catty assistant to Meryl Streep’s monstrous editor in The Devil Wears Prada, in which she revealed her uncanny knack for comic delivery .
Her retort “no, shan’t” when Anne Hathaway’s naively sweet character asks Blunt to wish her luck is bitingly cruel in a deliciously wicked way.
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