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Emily Blunt has been nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award at the upcoming 96th Academy Awards. She played Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimer. Her co-stars, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., are also on the nominees list. Both Murphy and Downey Jr. have high words of praise for Blunt, but one particular praise from theIron Manactor may have irked the British people.
While appreciating his co-star, Downey Jr. mentioned that Blunt didn’t have many British characteristics in her because she never talked smack about others. Apart from the actors, theOppenheimercrew, including Christopher Nolan, are also set to grab many Oscars for the film.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Praise For Emily Blunt Insults British People
Emily Blunt,Robert Downey Jr., andCillian Murphyare all on cloud nine due to the massive success ofChristopher Nolan‘sOppenheimer. Murphy and Downey Jr. had the time of their lives during this award season, collecting every other award for their performances.Oppenheimeris Blunt’s first Oscar nomination in her career spanning over two decades.
Emily Blunt’s Savage Reply Leaves Robert Downey Jr. Speechless For the First Time in an Interview
In her interview for People’s Oscar portfolio, Blunt shared that she was so happy that she had been feeling lighter than air. The nomination is yet to fully sink in for theEdge of Tomorrowactress. Emily Blunt has earlier won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in Television forGideon’s Daughterand a SAG Best Actress Award forA Quiet Place. HerOppenheimerco-stars praised her talent during the interview.
Robert Downey Jr. may have hurt the sentiments of the British people when he shared that he didn’t see many British aspects in her. He shared that she was optimistic and never talked smack about anyone. TheSherlock Holmesactor shared withPeople:
“Blunt is one of the most naturally disposed to being an optimist, while being real about things. And also it’s really weird, because you don’t see a lot of Brit in her. I’m not saying because you’re so cool, but you have an equanimity and a balance — you almost never talk smack about anyone.”
The part about British people was clearly intended as a joke and he even teased her about it. Cillian Murphy also agreed that Blunt never gossiped about anyone on set. Downey Jr. further joked that she should work on that skill to keep things interesting, to which Blunt responded that she would work on her smack-talking.
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Emily Blunt Is A Proud British Woman
Despite Robert Downey Jr.’s insults, it is an open fact that Emily Blunt is a proud Britisher. On an earlier episode ofThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she was so offended by her kids losing their British accent. She shared that her daughter Hazel would pronounce ‘water’ with an American accent which she hated.
However, during another 2020 interview withJimmy Kimmel, Blunt revealed that her kids had regained their British accents after joining a London school. She shared that they now had the craziest British accent and that she was completely over the moon about it. Blunt shared withJimmy Kimmel Live!:
“Miraculously, they’re sounding quite British, which I’m completely over the moon about. My little one sent me a video, well she didn’t actually send it but someone sent it, of her singing ‘Jingle Bells,’ and she goes, ‘Jingle ol’ da waye!’ Almost like a Cockney. It was almost like Dick Van Dyke singing ‘Jingle Bells.’ The craziest accent ever — it was kind of brilliant.”
In her People interview, she revealed that she and her husbandJohn Krasinskihad a good cryafter they learned that she got the nodfrom the Academy for the role.Oppenheimeris now available for streaming on Peacock Premium. The 96th Academy Awards will take place at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on June 25, 2025.
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