Having worked with Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, and Denis Villeneuve, actor Emily Blunt has determined what these three acclaimed directors have in common.
Blunt goes back the furthest with Villeneuve, having worked with him on 2015’s Sicario. Then in 2023, she starred in the ensemble cast of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Starting this weekend, moviegoers will be able to see her first collaboration with Spielberg through Disclosure Day. As it turns out, “collaboration” is the key word that binds Blunt’s professional experiences with the three talents together.
In an interview with ScreenRant‘s Liam Crowley for Disclosure Day, the actor noted that Spielberg, Villeneuve, and Nolan are all “open to discovery” with her and other performers. With Spielberg, in particular, he also made the cast of Disclosure Day feel like they were all in it “together” with his “open-heartedness.” In her words:
I think it’s collaboration. I think it’s just an openness to discovery that I think all four of them possess, and a curiosity in what you might bring personally. I think none of those guys straightjacket you at all. And Steven, it is a joyous experience working with him, and just the open-heartedness that can give you wings. All of us feel that, even if we’re all frozen with fear when starting a movie. I think Steven makes that a common thread by offering that. He, too, is frozen with fear, and yet we’re in it together. I think collaboration is the biggest key to making something extraordinary.
“Something extraordinary” is certainly an apt description for the movies Blunt has made with these filmmakers. Sicario, Oppenheimer, and now Disclosure Day have all earned positive critical reception, with the latter movie currently boasting an 82% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes. ScreenRant’s Disclosure Day review rated the movie nine out of 10 stars and called it a “true summer blockbuster of the kind that only Spielberg can deliver, worth not only seeing (on the biggest screen you can find), but cherishing.”
Blunt also received various accolades for her performances in Sicario and Oppenheimer thanks to the collaborative effort between her, the directors of these respective movies, and their casts and crew. For Sicario, she earned a Critics’ Choice Award nomination and recognition from various film critic organizations for her performance as FBI agent Kate Macer. For Oppenheimer, Blunt’s performance as Kitty Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s wife, earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.
It remains to be seen if accolades will follow Blunt on this new feature film, but so far, Disclosure Day is off to a good start on the critical front. The actor is joined in Spielberg’s new movie by Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo, Ewe Hewson, and Colin Firth. It’s the director’s latest cinematic exploration of extraterrestrial life, with others including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds.
Along with Disclosure Day playing in theaters, Sicario can be streamed on Hulu, while Oppenheimer is currently only available for digital purchase or rental. Emily Blunt will next reprise Evelyn Abbott in A Quiet Place Part III, which, like the first two movies, is directed by her husband, John Krasinski. That will arrive in theaters on July 30, 2027, and she’s also starring in the Netflix movie Walk the Blue Fields, which doesn’t have a release date yet.
- Birthdate
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February 23, 1983
- Birthplace
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London, England
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Actor
- First On-Screen Role
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Boudica (2003)