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Emily Bluntknows how to make a statement.
After production wrapped on the highly anticipated filmOppenheimer, the actress, 40, gave directorChristopher Nolana gift with a hilarious meaning behind it.
“Well, she gave me a pair of Uggs boots — Ugg slippers, actually — as a wrap gift,” he explained during hisappearanceonThe Viewon Friday. The filmmaker, 52, shared that the shoes were a favorite of Blunt’s but would often cause issues during production.
“For people who have been on a set, people know how it works — we’re there, losing the light, ‘Okay, we need the actors to come in,’ and sometimes they’ll come straight from wardrobe and they’ll have these big coats on them and they’ll be wearing these big Ugg boots, because the shoes of the character aren’t comfortable. You know, 1940s shoes,” he continued. While he understood the need for Ugg boots, he admitted that it was something that would drive him crazy.
“I’d immediately say to her, ‘Can you please just get rid of the boots, put the shoes on, and get ready to go.’ And she got so sick of me saying that time after time,” he said. Nolan did admit, though, that the Uggs are, in fact, comfortable.
Blunt previously joked during aninterview withUSA Todaythat Nolan “hates Uggs more than anyone.”
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“It’s a testament to how he wants everything on set to look as it would (in the period),” she said. “If there’s a plastic bottle in the shot, he’s like, ‘Ugh!’ He hates to even look at it.” The actress shared that she would often get a “withering look” from Nolan when she was caught wearing them that would remind her of when she filmed 2006’sThe Devil Wears Prada.“Just the look down to the shoes,” she continued. “And I’d go, ‘I know, I know. But I’m just sitting on an apple box in the background today!'”
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