PORTER’s latest cover star is Emily Blunt, one of the most versatile and beloved actors of her generation. Following her Academy Award-nominated role in OPPENHEIMER, Blunt sits down with writer Tyler McCall for a candid and characteristically funny conversation about friendship, family, fame and balance, as she steps into one of the most exciting years of her career, with A24’s THE SMASHING MACHINE premiering at Venice and the long-awaited return of Emily Charlton in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, alongside Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci.
Over margaritas in a West Village hotspot, Blunt is warm, witty, and refreshingly down to earth. She reflects on her transformative role opposite Dwayne Johnson, the lasting cultural legacy of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, and why rituals with her husband John Krasinski and their daughters remain the anchor that keeps her centered amid Hollywood’s chaos.
In her typically candid way, Blunt discusses the highs and lows of playing real people on screen, the emotional weight of carrying others’ stories, and the surreal experience of stepping back into the stilettos of her most iconic character two decades later.
On returning to The Devil Wears Prada: “Wild,” Blunt says with a playful smile. “I’ll say that.”
On the enduring cultural impact of the film: “When we made the first movie, none of us expected the meteoric life it would have… this is people’s nostalgiabank. They’ve watched it 50, 60 times – through breakups, when their parents are sick. That’s what we all feel, every day: holy shit.”
On Stanley Tucci, now her brother-in-law, thanks to the film: “It has deep emotional roots for a lot of us… but he’s not good for your Devil Wears Prada diet, though, because he’s cooking pasta and making me drink martinis with him every night.”
On playing Dawn Staples in The Smashing Machine: “You know you’re gonna have to rip your rib cage open on something like this… and the other fear is that these people are still living, and you’re holding the beating hearts of their lives on a screen. You just want to do right by these people who have lived through a lot.”
On Dwayne Johnson’s performance: “This is a man who’s never allowed to disappear, and it’s so moving for me as his friend, and as an actor, to watch someone discover what they’re capable of.”
On family life with John Krasinski and their daughters: “Bedtime is this essential anchor… the 10-minute chats where they tell you everything – you don’t want to miss them.”
On fashion and red-carpet strategy: “I quite like it if it’s emblematic of the movie, because then that, in turn, feels more fun, more specific – and I love a story.”
On fame and the desire to be known: “There’s this almost deep desire to be known, but there’s a fear of being known b
Photographed by Misha Taylor
Styled by Helen Broadfoot
[Photo Credit: Misha Taylor for Porter Magazine]
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