Emily Blunt fought the director’s requests to do another take.
Emily Blunt just revealed the scariest stunt of her career, naming Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as her greatest obstacle.
Emily Blunt said, speaking only to PEOPLE, “That entrance was very stressful for me.”She revealed that the Poppins character’s entry “had to start in the clouds and come all the way down toward the ground while holding an umbrella aloft.”
And I have to go into my close-up with ease as if nothing has happened. After three takes, I felt my tolerance wain. And that concluded things. I was through, she said.
The Fall Guy alum did, however, confirm that Rob Marshall asked for a fourth take, saying, “I did three takes and I could feel Rob gearing up to do another one. ‘Nope, no, no, no, I’m done,’ I said. That was beyond.
In revealing the other major stunt in the movie, Emily Blunt revealed that her character Mary had to go backward into the “depths of a magical bathtub.”
Even so, she said, “That was OK. Those were slides.
For the uninitiated, Emily Blunt costarred in Marry Poppin Returns with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, and Dick Van Dyke.