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Emily Blunt Against the ‘Strong Female Leader’ Label
For some time now, the scripts have changed the female characters. We went from the stereotype of the fragile damsel in distress to that of a strong and independent heroine. Emily Blunt, however, disagrees with this appellation.
For generations, the part of the fragile woman who was saved by the strong and fearless man was highly valued by the male-dominated culture of the time. Fortunately today, things are changing (perhaps) and the role of women is changing in the eyes of the world.
From damsel in distress to woman running away, this is the great leap taken by the new scenarios. However, there are those who turn their backs on the label “strong female protagonist”. A clear example of this is Emily Blunt, who thinks there should be more.
The Devil wears Prada at Quiet Place
Emily Blunt has come a long way in the movie world. She went from less imposing roles, like the snubbed personal assistant replaced by a fashion-forward Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada, to more high-profile roles like the Mary Poppins revival, Guardians of Doom, Jungle Cruise up to all’ horror Quiet place. Mother of two daughters, the beautiful Blunt has been married to actor and director John Krasinski since 2010.
Don’t let Emily Blunt get bored
In a recent interview with The Telegraph, naturalized American actress Emily Blunt spoke out against the new label that women are assuming only because they no longer play the classic roles of housewife throughout the house and the family. The woman is much more, but that does not mean that you have to compare her to a man, they are two totally different figures, so you have to see the female characters for what they really are, much more facets depths of “macho in a skirt”.
Every time she receives a script with the description of “Strong Female Lead”, Emily Blunt always has only one reaction: “It’s the worst thing ever when you open a script and read the words ‘strong female lead’. It makes me roll my eyes right away. I’m already out of the project. I’m bored. These roles are incredibly stoically written, so you spend all of your time acting tough and saying tough things. .
My colleague Tatiana Maslany also agrees, which begins with these words:
“A strong female lead is an understatement. It’s like erasing all the nuances of a person. It’s like a trope. It’s a box no one fits. Even the sentence is frustrating. It’s like if we should be grateful that we can be.”