, an English woman seeking revenge for the death of her son, who crosses paths with an ex-cavalry scout called Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a member of the Pawnee Nation by birth. Musing over the conveniences of modern living she would be without if living in that era and unforgiving landscape, Blunt was realistic in her response. 'I don't think I would do well,' she revealed at the show's New York premiere. 'Who would want to live back then? What would I eat? What about laundry? I don't know about hunting for a rabbit and then skinning it.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video These are all extremely valid points. The actress then joked to Page Six: 'I don't know how to use an arrow and bow, [although] I can pose and act like I do.' The three-time Bafta nominee has also opened up previously on the challenges of filming the show in intense heat while wearing a tight-fitting corset. Blunt said it felt like her organs were in 'an oven', as she acknowledged that it would 'always be your cross to bear' as a woman appearing in a period drama. She told Metro.co.uk and other press: 'The corset would sometimes act as like an oven to my organs because literally no air gets in them. It doesn't matter how many fans they put on you, if you're being cooked from the inside out, there's only so much you can do.' However, she did concede that the corset 'looks great', quipping: 'And as everyone kept telling me, what a great silhouette.' The Mary Poppins Returns star also revealed that her husband John Krasinski has pushed her to receive the credit she deserves on projects in the past, when she's gone above and beyond purely her role as actor. 'In many wa){kind=link}
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Emily Blunt has kept it real over her chances of survival in the Wild West, admitting she’s pretty sure she ‘wouldn’t do well’.
The actress stars in new BBC period drama The English, set in 1890 in the American Old West.
The story follows Cornelia Locke (Blunt), an English woman seeking revenge for the death of her son, who crosses paths with an ex-cavalry scout called Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a member of the Pawnee Nation by birth.
Musing over the conveniences of modern living she would be without if living in that era and unforgiving landscape, Blunt was realistic in her response.