Emily Blunt: Jason Segel And Emily Blunt Talk Resentment And Passive-Aggressive Facial Hair In The Five-Year Engagement by Eric Eisenberg (CINEMA BLEND)

There’s an interesting trick that Jason Segel and Emily Blunt pull off in their new comedy, The Five-Year Engagement. When the characters decide to leave their San Francisco home and move to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Segel’s character, Tom, is miserable, but Blunt’s character, Violet, sees all of her dreams start to come true.

And yet, at no point in the film does the audience hate Violet for what is happening to her fiancée. But how exactly do they pull that trick off? I recently had the chance to participate in a roundtable interview with Segel and Blunt to talk about their newest project. Check out the conversation below in which they speak on not only the development of Violet’s character, but getting relationships right, listening to Van Morrison, and passive-aggressive facial hair.


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Jason Segel, Emily Blunt in 'Five-Year Engagement' opens soon; can you spot Ann Arbor scenes? By Julie Hinds Detroit Free Press Staff

When “The Five-Year Engagement” opens April 27, there will be plenty of Ann Arbor-spotting opportunities — like the supporting role given to Zingerman’s Delicatessen and Bakehouse. The movie, which filmed in the Ann Arbor area last year, stars Jason Segel and Emily Blunt as an engaged couple who keep encountering speed bumps on the path to the altar. In the storyline, Blunt’s character finds out she’s gotten a job at the University of Michigan for a couple of years.

The film’s preview includes several snowy scenes of Ann Arbor and a few glimpses of the U-M campus. Zingerman’s is featured in the movie because it’s the place where Segel’s character, Tom, works. There was footage shot where Tom, as a Zingerman’s baker, is making loaves of bread. The cast and crew essentially took over the Zingerman’s Bakehouse on Plaza Drive for a day of shooting. They also filmed at Zingerman’s Delicatessen on Detroit Street, according to Pete Sickman-Garner, Zingerman’s service network marketing manager.




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