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Emily Blunt, who memorably played an ambitious, carbs-averse fashionista in The Devil Wears Prada, has her first big starring role with The Young Victoria, which hits theaters next month. The movie, produced by Martin Scorsese, focuses on the year 1836, when the 18-year-old Victoria becomes queen. But far from being a dusty period piece, The Young Victoria promises to be…a lusty period piece. In his just-published Manhattan magazine cover story on Emily, James Kaminsky describes it this way:
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“It’s a startling portrait of the fifth queen of England as a recalcitrant, strangely contemporary and, yes, highly sexual young woman. A hot Victoria. ‘I was really surprised by the script, because my perception of her was of a grim old lady being wheeled around with a hanky on her head and a sour look on her face,’ says Blunt. ‘And here was this vibrant, stubborn, romantic girl. I had to play her.’”
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David Drebin photographed the Manhattan story on Emily, which you can view online. As you can see, it was quite a stretch for her to play someone who’s hot:
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