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The co-star who convinced Emily Blunt acting is a real job
Emily Blunt was once cured of her imposter symdrome after a conversation with one of her co-stars.
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Thu 6 February 2025 11:30, UK
Getting ahead as an actor is a question of talent, luck, and, perhaps above all else, self-belief. If a performer doesnât think that theyâre worth watching, then why should anyone else bother? In a world as volatile and imperfect as this one, it can sometimes seem silly to want to follow a dream of prancing about on stage or in front of a camera. One person who knows this all too well is Emily Blunt.
Star of The Devil Wears Prada, Oppenheimer, and the âQuiet Placeâ series, Blunt is one of the most recognisable British actors of the past few decades. She has built a stunning repertoire of roles and, having only recently entered her 40s, still has a long way to go in her career. However, things could have been very different had she let her self-doubts get in the way.
While promoting the 2010 version of Gulliverâs Travels to The Guardian, Blunt confessed that she often felt a sense of unworthiness for following acting as a career. It was only after a conversation with one of her co-stars that she started to change her mind. âI was speaking to Billy Connolly the other day, and we were talking about the work heâs done for Comic Relief and all that heâs done in Africa, and I was saying, âGosh, sometimes I just wonder if I have a worthwhile jobâ,â she recalled. âHe said: âIâm going to stop you there. You have an incredibly important job. You offer people an escape, you offer people a way out and some relief from anything they might be going through and itâs a very important job.â Because he was so adamant about it and spoke very passionately about why it was an important job, itâs the first time Iâve realised that it might be that.â
Bluntâs opinion was certainly influenced by her mother, Joanna Mackie. An actor in her own right, Mackie gave up her career to look after her four children. Her father, Oliver Blunt, a barrister, maintained his position. If her own mother thought acting wasnât âworthyâ enough to pursue, then why would she be encouraged to give it a go?
It didnât help that the future Oscar nominee suffered from a stammer as a child. Between the ages of seven and 14, Blunt wasnât much of a talker; instead, she preferred to silently enjoy peopleâs company and express herself through music. In an ironic twist, it was her mother who suggested she take part in a school play to increase her confidence. âThat was liberating for me because I think if you distance yourself from being yourself, it sort of flicks a switch,â she explained. âItâs like a record thatâs skipping and you can put it back on.â Blunt was able to overcome her affliction and now sits on the board of directors of the American Institute for Stuttering.Â
A renewed vigour for acting wasnât the only thing Connolly passed on to Blunt during the making of Gulliverâs Travels. She revealed to Digital Spy that she had taken up the ukulele after watching the Scottish comedian and Jack Black play one during a break in filming.
It can often seem like the world values artistic skills less than more âtraditionalâ vocations, but life would be a lot less fun without our favourite actorsâ great work. Things would certainly be a lot more bland if Blunt had given up on her career. It turns out we all owe Billy Connolly a massive debt.Â
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