revealed that she took some inspiration from record-breaking director for her role in . In the upcoming action-comedy, Blunt plays a movie director, Jody Moreno, whose leading man ends up missing. That’s when , Colt Seavers — who is also Jody’s ex — comes into the picture to help find the
Actor. In a recent interview with , the
Actress shared that her character is loosely inspired by Gerwig. “With the warmth and the charm, I guess there’s a little Greta in there,” Blunt said. “She was a mix of a few other people I’d met and pulled from.” Gerwig became the of all time last year, thanks to her blockbuster , starring
Margot Robbie and Gosling. The film grossed more than $1.4 billion at the
box office, and also made history as the first live-action movie directed by a woman solo to join the . director David Leitch’s producing partner and wife also explained how the character of Jody was changed from a make-up artist to a director to increase the movie’s weight. “Emily’s role was a make-up artist when we sold it, and we converted it to first-time directing right before we gave her a very rough draft,” she told the outlet. “It made it feel like [the character] had more pressure on her.” Blunt added that they worked as a team to finalize her character. “We all kind of built her together, because I think, maybe in the original script, she was quite severe, and that sort of tough director,” the Oscar-nominated actress said. “But I think, for me, it’s always more interesting to play someone who’s in a situation where they’re way over their head.” is set to hit theaters on May 3. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The
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