Emily Blunt Clarifies Story About Tom Cruise Giving Her Advice: 'Still Something We Laugh About'
Emily Blunt Clarifies Story About Tom Cruise Giving Her Advice: 'Still Something We Laugh About' https://t.co/g15eda9Cnd
- People (@people) December 13, 2022
During an appearance on the Smartless Podcast, Emily revealed that she went to Cruise for help after struggling with an 85-pound suit that she had to wear for the film Edge of Tomorrow
“We had to wear these enormous suits, which I think would’ve been great if we had CGI’d them, but we wanted to do it in a tactile way."
“When you hear the word ‘tactile,’ you think that sounds nice and cozy. There was nothing cozy about these suits. It was like 85 pounds. It was so heavy,” she continued. “The first time I put it on I started to cry, and [Cruise] didn’t know what to do.”
“I was like, ‘Tom, I’m not sure how I’m going to get through this shoot,’ and just started to cry,” she admitted. “I said, ‘I’m feeling a bit panicky about the whole shoot.'”
She went on to say that the Top Gun actor stared at her for a moment, unsure of how to handle the scenario, before he blurted out, "Come on, stop being such a p---y, OK?'” she said, adding it caught her off guard and made her laugh.
Now, in an exclusive statement shared with PEOPLE Monday, Blunt says her remarks were, "taken literally and absurdly out of context" by some media outlets and fans.
Blunt says, "I absolutely adore Tom, he's a dear friend and he was a total gem to me. It was said as a joke to make me laugh, which it did in a big way."
"It's ludicrous that it's being spun as something that offended me. It didn't," says Blunt. "I shared the story as lightheartedly as it was meant by Tom. And it's still something we laugh about to this day."
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