Emily Blunt during a discussion aboutOppenheimer(2023) at The 92nd Street Y in New York City on Feb. 6, 2024.Photo:Gary Gershoff/Getty
Gary Gershoff/Getty
Emily Blunt’s got the scoop!
TheOppenheimeractress, 40, reflected on earning her first-everOscarnomination during an interview for theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast at The 92nd Street Y in N.Y.C. on Tuesday, recalling the everyday, relatable chore she had just finished doing when she heard the “magical” news.
She added that her husband and fellow actorJohn Krasinski"had a really good cry, as well" as they learned she’d nabbed a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role inOppenheimer.
“After helping me with the poop — I think he went and put it in the trash, and then we both cried,” Blunt joked.
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023.Taylor Hill/WireImage
Taylor Hill/WireImage
“I’m completely overcome and overjoyed. Weak legged and immensely grateful for this moment,” she said in a statement at the time. “It goes without saying that this staggering film has changed my life.”
“Colossal congratulations to my OppenHomies who all blew the doors off the place in their fields,” Blunt added, shouting out the cast and crew of theChristopher Nolan-directed epic. “We are a family in this, so to raise a glass alongside my friends is a euphoric feeling indeed.”
Joining theDevil Wears Pradastar in the Supporting Actress category areDanielle BrooksforThe Color Purple,Da’Vine Joy RandolphforThe Holdovers,America FerreraforBarbieandJodie FosterforNyad.
In addition to Blunt, the other first-time acting nominees this year are Murphy, 47, Brooks, 34, Randolph, 37, and Ferrera, 39, plusSterling K. Brown(American Fiction),Colman Domingo(Rustin),Lily Gladstone(Killers of the Flower Moon),Sandra Hüller(Anatomy of a Fall) andJeffrey Wright(American Fiction).
Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer inOppenheimer(2023).Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Oppenheimerbecame the third-highest-grossing movie of 2023 and is now thehighest-grossing biopicof all time.
It also marks the first time Blunt has everstarred in a Best Picture nominee. In aninterview with PEOPLE, she equated filming on location in New Mexico to being at “summer camp.”
“We were all in the same hotel in the middle of the New Mexican desert,” she recalled in July 2023. “We only had each other.”
source: people.com
