THE DEVIL WEARS PRADO. SHE WAS IN SALMON FISHING IN THE
EMMONS, ZUCCARIO AND THE GIRL ON
THE TRAIN.
NOW SHE STARS IN "A QUIET
PLACE."
HER CO-STAR IS REAL LIFE HUSBAND
JOHN KRUSINSKI.
ACTING TOGETHER ALMOST ENTIRELY
WITHOUT SPEAKING FOR THE FULL 95
MINUTES OF THE MOVIE ALL TO
AVOID THE MONSTERS.
EMILY AND I GOT TOGETHER IN THE
MIDST OF A RECENT NEW YORK CITY
BLIZZARD FOR A SUNDAY SITDOWN.
>> Reporter: A QUIET PLACE IS
NOT A SILENT FILM, BUT ITS
ACTORS HARDLY SAY A WORD.
>> JUST GOT FINISHED WATCHING
THE MOVIE.
>> YES.
>> I'M STILL SHAKING A BIT.
>> DO YOU NEED A DRINK?
>> I DO NEED A DRINK.
IT IS A RELENTLESS MOVIE IN THE
BEST WAY.
>> YEAH.
>> IN THAT FROM THE OPENING
SCENE UNTIL THE END IT JUST
GRABS HOLD OF YOU AND DOESN'T
LET GO.
>> I THINK THAT WAS JOHN'S
INTENTION, AS EVIL AS THAT WAS
TO DO TO RATTLE PEOPLE'S NERVES
IN THE WAY THIS FILM DOES.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THEIR CAREERS BLUNT STARS
WITH HER HUSBAND JOHN KRUSINSKI
WHO ALSO DIRECTS THE MOVIE.
>> WHAT KIND OF DIRECTOR IS HE?
>> HE'S SO ENERGETIC AND HE HAS
SO MUCH TENACITY ABOUT THIS
WORLD THAT HE WANTS TO CREATE.
AND HE'S GOT A REALLY STRONG
OPINION ON THINGS, BUT NOT
IMMOVABLE, YOU KNOW?
AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS COOL WAS
THAT WE COLLABORATED SO WELL
TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S A BIT OF A
GAMBLE.
LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORK
WELL TOGETHER BEING A MARRIED
COUPLE.
EVERYONE WAS LIKE, YOU'RE GOING
TO BE DIVORCED BY THE END, YOU
KNOW?
ACTUALLY, WE WEREN'T.
WE WERE CLOSER.
>> Reporter: EMILY MET JOHN WHO
WROTE THE FAMED PLAYING JIM ON
"THE OFFICE."
THEY WERE INTRODUCED BY FRIENDS
AT A LOS ANGELES RESTAURANT.
>> WE BOTH MET AT A TIME WHEN
NEITHER OF US WERE WANTING TO
MEET ANYBODY PARTICULARLY.
THAT'S USUALLY WHEN IT HAPPENS.
HE CAME OVER AND WAS SO FUNNY
AND SWEET AND THAT WAS IT.
>> IT WAS RIGHT AWAY?
>> IT WAS.
IT WAS PRETTY IMMEDIATE, YES.
>> THE COUPLE MARRIED IN 2010
AND SHARE TWO DAUGHTERS.
EMILY BLUNT WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN LONDON, ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN.
HER FATHER, A LAWYER.
HER MOTHER, AN ACTRESS AND
TEACHER.
EMILY WAS IN A HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
WHEN AN AGENT DISCOVERED HER.
SHE HAD PLANNED TO GO TO COLLEGE
BUT DECIDED TO TAKE A RUN AT
ACTING.
HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMANCE WAS IN THE ROYAL
FAMILY SHARING THE STAGE WITH AN
ICON, DAME JUDY DENSCH.
>> HOW OLD WERE YOU ON THE STAGE
WITH DAME JUDY DENSCH?
WHICH IS A PRETTY DAUNTING
THING.
>> I WAS 18.
I HADN'T TRAINED.
I KNEW NOTHING.
I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING ON BEING
AN ACTRESS.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY I WAS
GETTING MY HAIR AND MAKEUP DONE.
IT WAS, WHAT IS THIS?
IT WAS SO STRANGE.
I HEARD HER COME INTO THE ROOM.
I HEARD HER COME IN GOING, WHERE
IS SHE?
AND SHE CAME UP TO ME AND SHE
SAID, NOW I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT IF ANYONE GIVES YOU
ANY TROUBLE, YOU JUST COME
STRAIGHT TO ME.
>> FIVE YEARS LATER EMILY WAS
INTRODUCED TO AMERICAN AUDIENCES
PLAYING THE CADDY ASSISTANT TO
ANOTHER ICON IN "THE DEVIL WEARS
PRADO" FROM WHICH SHE EARNED A
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION.
>> THERE WAS THIS CRAZY MOMENT
AND I REMEMBER SEEING HER ACROSS
THE PARKING LOT.
SHE BURST OUT OF A TRAILER AND
THE WIG WAS OFF.
SHE WAS MERYL.
SHE WAS IN A PUFFY JACKET.
SHE WAS LIKE, YOU WERE SO GREAT.
AND I WAS JUST LIKE -- I STARTED
TO WEEP.
IT WAS SAD.
>> BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T SURE HOW
SHE FELT?
>> I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND I WAS LIKE CRYING THE WHOLE
WAY HOME.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH HER
SORT OF STAMP APPROVAL WOULD
MEAN.
>> IN 2014 BLUNT HAD A BIG
BUDGET BREAK THROUGH STARRING
WITH TOM CRUISE IN THE SCI-FI
ACTION THRILLER "THE EDGE OF
TOMORROW."
>> WAS THAT ME?
WAS THAT HIM?
DID A PRINCE REALLY KISSIMMEE?
>> THAT SAME YEAR SHE REUNITED
WITH MERYL STREEP AND SURPRISED
AUDIENCES, INCLUDING HER
HUSBAND, WITH HER MUSICAL
PERFORMANCE IN "INTO THE WOODS."
>> SO JOHN HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU
WERE A SINGER BEFORE "INTO THE
WOODS"?
>> RIGHT.
>> IT NEVER CAME UP IN THE
RELATIONSHIP, THE PIPES?
>> I WASN'T THE TYPE OF PERSON
WHO WAS LIKE, LISTEN TO ME, I
CAN REALLY SING.
SO WE WERE PRE-RECORDING THE
SONG FOR "INTO THE WOODS" AND
ROB MARSHALL, THE AMAZING
DIRECTOR, HE INVITED JOHN INTO
THE SOUTH BOOTH AND ROB GOES,
ARE YOU READY?
JOHN WAS LIKE, ACTUALLY, DO YOU
KNOW, I'VE NEVER HEARD HER SING.
AND ROB WENT, WHAT?
HE GOES, I'VE NEVER HEARD HER
SING.
I SANG AND JOHN LIKE CRIED.
>> DID HE REALLY?
DID HE CRY?
>> YEAH.
HE CRIES A LOT SO IT'S NOT LIKE
A HUGE DEAL BUT IT'S LIKE -- IT
WAS SO SWEET.
á FOR A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR á
>> KRUSINSKI CAN EXPECT MORE
TEARS WHEN SHE REPRIZES JULIE
ANDREWS BELOVED ROLE IN THE
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED "MARY POP
PINS RETURNS."
>> WHAT KIND OF AN HONOR WAS IT
TO PLAY THAT PART INHERITED FROM
JULIAN DRESS 54 YEARS AGO?
>> IT'S SUCH AN HONOR.
SHE'S SO ICONIC.
THE CHARACTER IS SO ICONIC.
I WAS DAUNTED TO SORT OF TAKE IT
ON, BUT I SORT OF NEEDED TO DO
MY INTERPRETATION OF HER.
ALL NEW SONGS, THANK GOD,
BECAUSE I DON'T SING LIKE JULIE
ANDRE
ANDREWS.
BIG DANCE NUMBERS AND A BIG OLD
MOVIE.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
SO NOSTALGIC.
>> SHE CAME OUT AND GAVE YOU A
FULL ENDORSEMENT.
>> SHE DID?
>> I LOVE EMILY BLUNT.
>> THANK GOD.
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HEAR FROM
JULIE ANDREWS?
>> HUGE.
HUGE.
IT'S A HUGE ENDORSEMENT TO HAVE
HER BLESSING ON THIS AND SHE'S
EXCITED TO HAVE ME PLAYING THE
PART.
>> THAT BRINGS ME TO
SOMETHING --
>> OH, GOD.
>> AND THIS IS FROM AN
UNDISCLOSED SOURCE WHO I
SPOKE -- I'M A REPORTER.
>> SURE.
SURE.
>> THIS PERSON ASKED THAT YOU
REFERRED TO HIM EXCLUSIVELY AS
ELDIRECTOR.
>> DISGUSTING.
NEVER.
>> THE SOURCE WANTS ME TO ASK
YOU, HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED
GOING TO REHAB FOR YOUR "SHARK
TANK" ADDICTION?
>> KEVIN, LET ME HELP YOU HERE.
>> I'M OUT.
>> IT'S A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM.
>> HAS ANYONE EVER MADE "SHARK
TANK" INTO A BIRTHDAY FROM YOU?
>> THIS IS HIM SEEKING A
COMPLIMENT.
IT WAS A GREAT CAKE.
>> WERE YOU A CELLO PRODIGY AS A
CHILD?
>> WHY DO YOU SAY PRODIGY, IT'S
NOT TRUE.
I PLAYED THE CELLO I THINK
PRETTY WELL.
NOT VERY WELL.
>> MAYBE THAT'S YOUR SECOND ACT?
>> THAT'S A SECOND ACT.
>> CELLIST.
>> PEOPLE WOULD LIKE IT.
>> SHE GAVE IT UP ALL FOR THE
CELLO.
>> SHE GAVE IT ALL UP FOR THE
CELLO.
>> WHAT A STORY.
>>> SO I TEXTED JOHN KRUSINSKI
ON MY WAY OVER TO INTERVIEW
EMILY TRYING TO GET INSIDER
INFORMATION.
HE FIRED BACK A FLURRY OF
PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR HIS WIFE.
"A QUIET PLACE" IS IN THEATERS
AND IT REALLY IS AS GOOD AS
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS.
"MARY POP PINS RETURNS" COMES
OUT AT CHRISTMAS TIME.