Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt starred in the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow. The science fiction follows an officer Rita Vrataski and a soldier Major William Cage continuously trying to save the Earth from an alien species, after being stuck in a time loop. Doug Liman’s film required the cast of the film to wear heavy metal suits. However, the Quiet Place star was not sure if she could continue filming with these heavy suits on.
The British actress recalled that working on the 2014 film was quite uncomfortable and unpleasant. It even caused her to cry after which the Mission Impossible star offered her some comfort and made sure she would stop crying and get ready for the shoot.
Tom Cruise’s Advice Got Emily Blunt Through Filming of Edge of Tomorrow
During her interview on the Smartless podcast, Emily Blunt recalled working on the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow. She shared that the cast of the film was required to wear heavy robotic suits for the film. However, she was not comfortable cause the outfits were too heavy for her.
“We had to wear these really enormous robotic suits, which I think would have been great if they could have CGI’d them, but they wanted to do it practically and in a tactile way,” the Jungle Cruise star said.
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Blunt then shared that there was nothing cozy about those suits and her suit weighed 85 pounds. She said that as she put on the suit for the first time, she started to cry. “Mine was like 85 pounds, it was so heavy that the first time I put it on, I just started to cry,” the Sicario star said.
Her co-star, Tom Cruise was also with her at the moment. Emily Blunt recalled the moment saying, “Tommy, I’m not sure how I am going to get through this shoot.’ And I started to cry, I was like, ‘I’m just feeling a bit panicky about the whole shoot!'”
The Wild Target star shared that Cruise just stared at her for a long time, confused over what to do to comfort her. And then he said, “Come on. Stop being such a bi**h, okay?’” Blunt shared that although it was not what she expected she “did laugh” and they got through the film.
Tom Cruise Was One of the Reasons Emily Blunt Joined Edge of Tomorrow
In one of her earlier interviews, Emily Blunt shared that she joined the 2014 science fiction because of Tom Cruise and Doug Liman. She said, “I just thought that was a pretty epic combination.”
The Edge of Tomorrow star also said that she really like the story of the film and thought that it was the “most unusual love story I’ve ever come across.” Blunt also called The Mummy star one of the best humans. “He’s the most generous person, and he’s cool as hell and really fun,” she said.
The Wind Chill star doesn’t get tired of praising her co-star. During her interview with BBC Radio 1, she said that it was not easy working on the 2014 film, but the Jack Reacher star kept her going through it.
Edge of Tomorrow is available to watch on Netflix.
Source: Geo TV
