Emily Bluntis one ofStanley Tucci’s biggest fans.
The actress sings the praises of her brother-in-law (andDevil Wears Pradacostar!) in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, saying that Tucci, who’s married to her sisterFelicity Blunt, is “always looking immaculate head to toe.”
“Never seen him in his socks in my life,” Emily says of Tucci, 61.
“I love that Stan starts each day walking into the kitchen … going ‘Ah, Chrisssst,’ probably from a sleepless night of small children being up or from a night where martinis flowed,” she teases.
But once “he has his espresso,” notes Emily, 39, “he’s a changed man.”
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Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci.Jason Merritt/Getty
Aside from his obvious affinity for acting and great food, Emily says theSearching for Italyhost is “a beautiful painter” and “a great drummer” — as well as “weirdly flexible,” with “a leg lift that rivalsJane Fonda’s.”
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“He’s an all-around renaissance man who knows the way to everyone’s hearts. And it’s through having a damn good time,” she tells PEOPLE. “He’s frighteningly bright, quick to laugh, loves to be laughed at, charismatic, warm and energetic.”
She even recalls noticing others admiring the spoils of his cooking passion on movie sets: “I remember he would come to the set with gorgeous fried risotto balls and pasta that would leave everyone just abandoning their nibbled-on kale chips and salivating over what he’d brought in.”
TheJungle Cruiseactress says she “adore[s] the deep joy and delight” Tucci “finds in people. No one more so than my sister and his children.”
“He’s authentic and irreverent in the best way ever,” Emily raves. “He just gets life, and I absolutely worship the guy.”
Stanley Tucci on the cover ofPEOPLE.Matt Holyoak
Tucci, a cancer survivor and author ofTaste: My Life Through Food, also spoke to PEOPLE about his sex-symbol status, saying he feels “great” about the label, even if he doesn’t “get it.”
“Who goes, ‘I feel terrible about that’? Peoplethink I’m sexy? How awful,” he quips. “It’s wonderful. I don’t get it, but I’m very glad.”
“It changed my life completely,” Tucci says. “All I had to do was be myself.”
For more from Stanley Tucci, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
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