Emily Blunt’s Daughters Thought She Was 'the Meanest Person' for Her Devil Wears Prada Role

Emily Blunt The devil wears Prada the role may be iconic – but it was also a bit terrifying for her children!

The actress, 41, recently told Page Six that her daughters – Hazel, 10, and Violet, 7, who she shares with husband John Krasinski – thought she wasn’t quite as cute as Emily Charlton in the 2006 film.

“They thought I was the meanest person they’d ever met,” Blunt said of their reaction to Charlton, an uptight assistant at a fictional fashion magazine. Runway.

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski make rare appearance with daughters Hazel, 10, and Violet, 7, at US Open Women’s Final

But others appreciated the character far more, as she told the newspaper that her lines from the film are still “quoted to me every week”.

“It’s amazing that it has such an indelible fingerprint on people,” she said.

Emily Blunt in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.

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The film’s lasting impact is especially “incredible” because it was her “first big movie,” as Blunt noted to Page Six.

“I remember my agent calling me and telling me about the opening weekend,” she recalled of the box office success. “I asked myself, ‘Is that good?’ Like, I didn’t know what was good.”

The actress also added that she The devil wears Prada The cast — Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and more — had “the best time” working on the beloved drama-comedy.

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Blunt and Krasinski, 44, are tight-lipped about their relationship and family life, but shared a few rare tidbits about Hazel and Violet — and what they think of their movie star parents.

While speaking with PEOPLE earlier this year, Blunt revealed that despite its family nature, her 2021 film Jungle cruise it was an unsettling hour for her children.

“They just saw Jungle cruise once,” the Oppenheimer said the actress. “They didn’t like the underwater stuff where I was trapped and in danger.”

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski at the 2024 US Open with daughters Violet and Hazel.

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When they saw their mom in danger, the actress recalled, both Hazel and Violet “started crying” and “left the room.”

In general, she explained, “They don’t like seeing me on screen, which I understand because I’m their mom and it’s very strange to see me playing someone else.”

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However, to the chagrin of her daughters, Blunt may be returning to the screen world Runway in the near future, as The devil wears Prada gets a sequel.

While speaking with PEOPLE recently, the star kept quiet about the upcoming film — “Oh my God, I can’t tell you anything” — but said she’s ready for some fun looks.

“I just want to do my eyes again,” Blunt said, before joking that she might get another stomach flu: “I hope so.”

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