Transcript for Emily Blunt on her producer debut and starring role in ‘The English’
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SHE'S WONDERFUL.
>> MATCHING.
>> AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
>> WELCOME.
>> NOW THIS IS THE BEST.
I'M NOT A WESTERN PERSON.
I WATCHED -- I'M SO HOOKED NOW.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFULLY SHOT PIECES OF WORK
I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BUT THIS IS YOUR FIRST
WESTERN.
>> YES.
>> THIS IS A GENRE WHERE WOMEN
ARE OFTEN THE DAMSELS IN
DISTRESS AND YOU KICK SOME
SERIOUS BUTT IN THIS ONE.
>> SHE DOES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO I THINK YOU DECIDESCRIBED
AS ALICE IN A WILD WEST
WONDERLAND.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> SHE ARRIVES IN THE WILD WEST
LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER IN THIS
FRILLY PINK DRESS AND, LIKE, A
BONNETT AND YOU'RE THINKING, YOU
HAVE NO CHANCE.
NO CHANCE OF SURVIVING, AND I
DON'T THINK SHE'S PREPARED FOR
THE GAUNTLET JOURNEY AHEAD, BUT
SHE'S ON THIS FEVERED REVENGE
KICK TO GET THE GUY WHO KILLED
HER CHILD AND SO SHE ENLISTS THE
HELP OF THIS PAWNEE WHARRIOR, BT
AS EVERY OBSTACLE THEY OVERCOME,
SHE GROWS IN STRENGTH.
SHE'S LIKE THE DAMSEL NOT IN
DIST
DISTRESS.
USUALLY THE GIRLS ARE TIED TO A
TREE OR LIKE SOMEONE SAID TO ME
THE OTHER WAY, EITHER YOU'RE THE
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS OR THE JOLLY
WHORE.
>> YOU SHOT THIS IN SPAIN.
I KCOULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE IT
WAS.
DID YOU RUN INTO CHALLENGES WITH
THAT?
>> I MEAN, IT'S WHERE THEY SHOT
ALL THE OLD WESTERNS SO IT WAS
LIKE HONORING THAT.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> THEY SHOT ALL THE SERGIO
LEONE ONES, AND WE WERE SO
THRILLED TO BE THERE, AND IT
OFFERS THE MOST INCREDIBLE
VISTAS AND IT REALLY DOES
RESEMBLE AMERICA.
>> WHERE IN SPAIN?
>> KIND OF 2 1/2 HOURS OUTSIDE
OF MADRID.
>> MY HUSBAND IS FROM MADRID.
>> IS HE?
>> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT.
I TOO AM NOT A BIG WESTERN FAN.
THE CINEMATOGRAPHY WAS SO
BEAUTIFUL AND THE MAN THAT PLAYS
THE PAWNEE IS ALSO VERY
BEAUTIFUL SO I WAS, LIKE,
IMMEDIATELY VERY INTRIGUED.
>> YES.
CHASKE.
>> CONGRATS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO
A PRODUCER.
YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DEBUT AS A
PRODUCER ON THIS SERIES.
CHASKE WHO PLAYS OPPOSITE YOU AS
A PAWNEE SCOUT IS SORT OF A HERO
IN THE MOLD OF A JOHN WAYNE OR A
PAUL NEWMAN.
I SAW HIM MORE OF A PAUL NEWMAN,
BUT FROM A NATIVE AMERICAN
PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM MY VIEW,
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT STORY.
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
DO IT THAT WAY?
>> WELL, THERE WAS JUST NO OTHER
WAY TO DO IT.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REAL
PERSPECTIVE FROM A NATIVE
AMERICAN, YOU HAVE TO CAST A
NATIVE AMERICAN, AND HE -- YES,
IT IS IN HONOR OF THOSE PAWNEE
ROLES, AND ALL OF THOSE
INCREDIBLE ACTORS WE SAW, THE
CLINT EASTWOODS.
HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE NATIVE
AMERICAN.
>> HOW DID YOU GET THE CULTURAL
POINTS RIGHT?
>> WE HAD THE AMAZING HELP OF
THIS SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP CALLED
THE ILLUMINATIVE, AND WE HAD A
LOT OF PAWNEE ADVISERS AND WE
WERE FACT CHECKED AND I SPOKE TO
THEM LAST NIGHT AT THE PREMIER
AND THEY SAID, OFTEN THEY GET
SENT FILMS OR SHOWS ONCE THEY'RE
FILMED AND THEY'RE ASKED FOR
THEIR STAMP OF APPROVAL, AND
IT'S TOO LATE.
THEY'RE, LIKE, WE DON'T REALLY
FEEL HONORED OR SEEN IN THE
PROCESS, BUT THEY WERE, LIKE, WE
ARE SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW, AND
OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND YOUR
INCLUSION, AND IT MADE ME WANT
TO CRY.
I WAS SO HAPPY TO MAKE THEM FEEL
SEEN AND HONORED.
>> THAT'S NICE.
>> THAT'S REALLY COOL.
>> AND ABOUT TIME.
>> IT'S ABOUT TIME.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
>> SUCH A DIFFERENT WAY TO
APPROACH IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE FIRST ROLE I JUST FELL IN
LOVE WITH YOU WAS "DEVIL WEARS
PRADA."
WE HAD ANNE HATHAWAY ON THE SHOW
LAST WEEK AND WE ASKED HER,
COULD YOU EVER DO A REBOOT OF IT
MADE IN MODERN TIMES?
HER TAKE WAS --
>> HOW OLD -- MADE IN MODERN
TIMES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ANNA WIN TTOUR IS STILL AROU.
>> THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE HAS
CHANGED SO MUCH AND SHE SAID SHE
DOESN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD
TRANSLATE.
>> PEOPLE READ THINGS ONLINE.
IS THAT WHY?
>> I THINK THAT WAS A THOUGHT.
BUT I'M WONDERING WOULD YOU EVER
BRING BACK THE GREEN EYE SHADOW?
>> IT WAS SO HORRIFYING.
IT HAS TO GET ANOTHER OUTING.
I LOVED IT.
SO BAD.
>> AND THE FASHION.
>> AND THE FASHION.
I MEAN, WE LOVED IT.
I WOULD DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT
JUST TO PLAY WITH THOSE GUYS
AGAIN.
>> YOU'RE SUCH A TALENTED GIRL.
SHE CAN DO A SECRETARY AND THEN
QUEEN VICTORIA.
OKAY?
THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A DREAM.
>> IT'S CALLED ACTING.
IT'S ALL ACTING.
>> NOT ALL ACTORS HAVE THAT
RANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO ANOTHER OF YOUR CO-STARS,
STANLEY TUCCI WHO HAS A JOB THAT
I'M EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF AND HE
TOURS AROUND ITALY EATING
EVERYTHING.
>> THAT'S YOUR DREAM JOB.
>> IT IS MY DREAM JOB, BUT HE
HAS IT SO WHAT CAN I DO?
>> I'LL TELL HIM.
CAN YOU BELIEVE HE'S A SEX
SYMBOL NOW?
>> WHERE?
>> SHE'S A TOTAL SEX SYMBOL.
>> ISN'T HE YOUR
BROTHER-IN-LAW --
>> I MEAN, HERE OR ITALY?
>> INTERNATIONAL.
>> HE'S VERY CUTE.
>> HE'S SO CUTE, I KNOW.
>> YOU MET IN THE MOVIE, TOO,
RIGHT?
ISN'T STANLEY IN THE MOVIE?
>> IN THIS SHOW?
>> NO.
IN "DEVIL WEARS PRADA".
>> THAT'S WHERE WE MET.
>> IN THE FASHION
>> NOBODY MENTIONED THAT PART.
I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IT UP.
>> OH, YES.
YES.
>> SO YOUR SISTER MET HIM AT
YOUR WEDDING , RIGHT?
>> SHE DID.
YEAH.
>> THAT'S KIND OF CUTE.
>> DID SHE CATCH THE --
>> BOUQUET?
>> OF COURSE, SHE DID.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOW LUCKY YOU.
YOU HAVE AN ITALIAN DOING
CHRISTMAS AND THEY DO THE SEVEN
FISHES AND THE WHOLE BIT.
>> THEY DOES IT ALL.
I TRY TO ENLIST STANLEY TO COOK
EVERY MEAL BECAUSE IT'S DIVINE.
MY SISTER IS AN AMAZING COOK AS
WELL.
>> YOU ARE TOO AS I UNDERSTAND.
LET ME READ THIS TOO BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE.
INA GARTEN SAID YOUR ROASTED
POTATOES RECIPE BROKE THE
INTERNET.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE.
>> IT'S PRETTY HIGH PRAISE.
>> NO BIG DEAL.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY COOKING
SECRETS YOU WOULD LIKE TO UNVEIL
FOR OUR AUDIENCE TODAY?
>> I MAKE A GOOD ROAST CHICKEN
AND SOME BANANA BREAD.
IT'S NOTHING -- I HAVE TO SAY
THE ROASTED POTATOES WHERE I'M
FROM, EVERYONE MAKES THOSE.
>> DON'T RUIN IT.
YOU'RE SPECIAL.
>> IT REALLY ISN'T.
>> OLIVE OIL, SALT AND PEPPER IN
THE OVEN.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO?
>> IT'S A WHOLE THING, JOY.
IT'S A WHOLE THING.
IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS.
>> THERE'S MORE TO IT?
>> YOU BOIL THEM, SHAKE THEM UP
A BIT, HEAT THE OIL IN THE OVEN
AND YOU CAN USE GOOSE FAT OR --
>> GOOSE FAT?
>> OR REGULAR OIL.
>> RIGHT IN YOUR ARTERIES.
GO AHEAD.
>> AND HEAT IT UP UNTIL IT'S
SMOKING AND YOU POUR THE
POTATOES IN.
>> THAT'S A SECRET.
IT'S GOOD.
>> NOT A SECRET ANYMORE.
>> NONE OF THIS DO I UNDERSTAND
BECAUSE THESE COOKING THINGS, I
DO NOT KNOW.
I DO KNOW THAT I LOVE "A QUIET
PLACE."
>> YES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> IT'S THE BEST.
>> I LOVE YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND
TOGETHER AS YOU KNOW.
IS IT GOING TO GET QUIETER?
>> YEAH.
>> OH.
>> YOU KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
IN THE WORKS.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT AND
SAY IT, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD --
>> IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD.
SO LUPITA IS PLAYING -- THIS IS
HER MOVIE NOW.
IT'S A PREQUEL.
IT'S CALLED "DAY ONE."
I FACT CHECKED THIS.
I WAS, LIKE, WHAT CAN I TELL
WHOOPI BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M ALLOWED TO SAY.
HE SAID, YOU CAN SAY IT'S "DAY
ONE," A PREQUEL, AND IT'S
LUPITA'S FILM, AND SET IN A
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, AND
THAT'S ALL I'M ALLOWED TO SAY
BEFORE I'M BLOW DARTED.
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
>> THAT'S SO GOOD.
>> LUPITA'S BRILLIANT.
YOU GUYS AREBURY BRILLIANT AND
ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHEN YOU COME.
PLEASE COME BACK AS SOON AS THAT
HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE GOT
TO TALK TO JOHN.
OUR THANKS TO EMILY BLUNT.
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