Emily Blunt on ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Scene She Totally Improvised

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Wow, look at you.
I quite like that vibe, actually.
This was for Into the Woods,
and my favorite thing that Meryl said to me
as I showed up wearing this dress,
everyone else was quite caj, like New York caj,
and I walked in and Meryl went overdressed.
Oh no!
So I'm gonna say overdressed.
That's Meryl.
That's Meryl as the witch.
Oh jeez, I thought it was Willem Dafoe.
I'm gonna tell Meryl.
Meryl's never gonna speak to you again if you say that.
I'm Stanley Tucci.
I'm Emily Blunt.
And we are gonna play Picture Day with betches.
Oh my God, what's this?
Dan, you look hot.
This is Easy A.
This is the one I did with Emma.
I was gay once for a while, no big deal.
We all do it, it's okay.
I just made the line up.
It's so terrible.
You did not make that up in the game.
I did, yeah.
Oh, that's fabulous.
She was like, oh, you're gay, which I can't remember,
but yes, I made it up.
Anyway, this was just one of the most wonderful experiences.
You did love that, didn't you?
I loved it.
And Emma's the best.
The best person.
Emma was 18, 19, right, oh.
On the vote, I love my job, I love my job.
A tragedy, this scene.
They did let me improv that.
I love my job, I love my job.
They can't straight jacket us on this one, unfortunately.
That was so fun.
They actually gave me menthol in my eyes
and got my nose red,
so I truly felt sick by the end of that day.
Do you have any tips for girls who are gay?
Quit, no.
Look, I think just find something
that you deeply want to do,
even if you're earning no money,
as long as you love it, you'll be happy.
Look at your freaking gun.
That is 1984, six, something like that.
The freaking shoulder's on you.
Worked out.
When I had hair.
Wow.
That was for a Levi's ad, I did.
I think they paid me about $12 for that,
but it was great fun.
Oh my God, I've just seen a sneak peek at this horror show.
Someone needed some powder.
Stop it.
That was my first play, Judy Dench in a lacy bra.
Hello, hello Judy.
Oh yeah, that was the era of those jeweled tassel belts.
It literally does not look like her.
I know, who is that?
But you still have some weird,
is that your stage makeup?
Stanley, no, that was my horrific 2000s makeup.
That was when I didn't know how to do makeup.
And I'm also red and embarrassed, maybe drunk.
Who's that?
Oh my God, that's Harriet Walters,
who was just, my mom.
She was so, they were all just so kind
and so fabulous to me.
And also, stand up straight.
Stan, what are you rustling up?
You know what that is?
No, that's Fee's.
That's when I made the Negroni.
It's my favorite story about you.
That Fee, my sister, his wife,
encouraged him to rustle up a Negroni.
And he has this fabulous, chic irreverence
that really people clearly fell in love with.
And then she said, do you want to put it on your Instagram?
I was like, yeah, sure.
I don't know how to do that, but go ahead.
And the next day, Lottie, who's his producing partner,
she goes, Stan, you're trending.
And Stan went, trending?
What is that?
I don't even know what it meant.
He'd gone viral overnight, so.
I thought it was some sort of ailment.
And it completely, literally changed my life.
Well, why don't you just say,
so maybe the superlative is life-changing.
Life-changing.
Gorgeous.
Great outfit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Look how gorgeous you are.
Thank you.
Look it.
Now, here, Meryl does not look like Willem Dafoe.
She looks hard.
She looks very much like herself and very attractive.
So maybe the superlative is less Dafoe.
That was full Dafoe, and that's less Dafoe.
Yeah, less Dafoe.
Well, I'll Dafoe to you.
Come on, you gotta go out on that.
Well, thanks, you guys.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
